Experiencing Interruptions?

STRANGERS

A young woman, taking pictures in Central Park, notices a suspicious looking man and becomes obsessed with figuring out what he's doing.

  • ALEXANDER BERGER
    Director
  • ALEXANDER BERGER
    Writer
  • ALEXANDER BERGER
    Producer
  • ELIZABETH STEWART
    Key Cast
    "Jessica"
  • ITAI DARING
    Key Cast
    "The Stranger"
  • MARNI PENNING
    Key Cast
    "The Artist and Julie"
  • EDGAR DE LA O
    Key Cast
    "The Employee"
  • ALEXANDER BERGER
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Mystery, Suspense
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2002
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm Film
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - NYU Tisch School of the Arts
  • IFEST Ithaca Film Festival
    Ithaca, NY
    United States
    June 30, 2003
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • https://www.youtube.com/@alexanderbergermovies
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - ALEXANDER BERGER

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 technological satire about a guy who has to outsmart his smart phone to escape his garage. MAN VS PHONE won Best Writer for a Feature Film at the 2024 North Idaho Film Festival and is now available to stream for free: https://www.youtube.com/@alexanderbergermovies

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.

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