Writer/Director/Editor. Member, Writers Guild of America. Member, IATSE Local 871
Alexander Berger is a filmmaker with roots in Philly, Tucson, and Minnesota. Coming from a loving family filled with divorces, he's accustomed to a variety of conflict and irony which he pumps into his work along with themes of alienation, culture clashes, and personal transformations.
Inspired by our increasingly intimate and complicated relationship with our devices, Alex recently produced his first feature: MAN VS PHONE, a sci-fi/comedy/adventure about a guy who has to outsmart his smart phone to escape his garage.
Before that, he co-wrote, with Alison McKenzie, Episode 607 of the Oprah Winfrey Network original series QUEEN SUGAR (created by Ava DuVernay) where he also served as the Script Coordinator. Previously, he was the Script Coordinator on Showtime’s original series RAY DONOVAN. This work has earned him Associate Membership in the Writers Guild of America and Membership in IATSE Local 871.
His feature screenplays have reached the Semifinals of the Nicholl Fellowships, and his TV specs & pilots have won several awards (Cannes, Austin, Nashville, Fresh Voices, etc.). However, before focusing on writing, he attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied all aspects of Film/TV. Soon after, he edited a short documentary, CURTIS, which won honorable mention at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
In high school, he traveled to inner Mongolia with a crew from China Central Television, making short segments which were broadcast nationwide in China, and learning how to work in an unfamiliar place with folks who may at first seem foreign.
Around the same time, he also volunteered in the A/V department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, because his first love is fine art, a love that started with drawing, then morphed into filmmaking.
Alex is now happily married and enjoys endurance sports such as running, biking, swimming, and raising two kids.
Advanced to the Second Round
GUNS OF SABINO CANYON (Original Pilot)
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
AUSTIN, TX
2020
Advanced to the Second Round
LITTLE ARMENIA (Original Screenplay)
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
AUSTIN, TX
2020
WINNER
HALT AND CATCH FIRE - "Search" (Writing Sample)
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, CA
2018
Quarterfinalist
GUNS OF SABINO CANYON (Original Pilot)
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, CA
2018
FINALIST
BETTER CALL SAUL - "Meshes of the Afternoon" (Writing Sample)
Cannes Screenplay Contest
Cannes, France
2018
FINALIST
BLOOD ON THE WALL (Original Pilot)
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Nashville, TN
2018
Honorable Mention
BETTER CALL SAUL - "Meshes of the Afternoon" (Writing Sample)
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition (2017)
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Finalist
BLOOD ON THE WALL (Original Pilot)
FILM DAILY
LONDON, ENGLAND
2017
2ND ROUND OF SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
BLOOD ON THE WALL (Original Pilot)
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
AUSTIN, TX
2017
Winner - Writing Fellowship
BLOOD ON THE WALL (Original Pilot)
THE WRITERS ASSISTANTS NETWORK'S WRITING FELLOWSHIP
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Quarterfinalist
BETTER CALL SAUL - "Meshes of the Afternoon" (Writing Sample)
Warner Bros. Television Writing Workshop (2016)
Burbank, CA
2016
Advanced to Second Round
BLOOD ON THE WALL (Original Pilot)
SUNDANCE EPISODIC STORY LAB
Park City, Utah
2016
Semifinalist
ONU (Original Screenplay)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Los Angeles, CA
2015
Honorable Mention
SNEAKY PETE - "Face Time" (Writing Sample)
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition (2019)
Quaterfinalist
LITTLE ARMENIA (Original Screenplay)
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - 2013 & 2014
Los Angeles, CA
College
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts
Film/TV
19992002
High School
Central High School - Philadelphia
19951999
Nickname
ALEX
Current City
LOS ANGELES
Hometown
PHILADELPHIA
Writer/Director/Editor. Member, Writers Guild of America. Member, IATSE Local 871
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