Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander

Born: June 16, 1963
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Scott Alexander is a writer and producer, best known for 1408 (2007), Man on the Moon (1999) and Ed Wood (1994). He attended the University of Southern California, and instructed screenwriting seminars at USC film school in the late 1980s.

Movies for Scott Alexander...

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Title: Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2024
Type: Movie
For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators. Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt is an in-depth documentary tracing artist Friedman's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker. The film, directed by Kevin Dougherty, features interviews with Friedman's friends and colleagues, including Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, Mike Judge, Merrill Markoe and many others.
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TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Title: TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A melancholy and affectionate look at the global obsession with movies, "TINSEL - The Lost Movie About Hollywood" was lost for 30 years and never shown publicly. An outside-in, inside-out view of the Motion Picture Industry circa 1990, it is a film about fame in general and the love of movies in particular. The film includes new footage offering perspective from the 21st century. The film examines the uncertain future the industry faces in its second century, as technology and new platforms change the movie-watching experience forever.
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The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Title: The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A documentary about the Marx Brothers containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others.
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Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
Title: Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which has long been considered the worst movie ever made.
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Korla
Title: Korla
Character: self
Released: September 29, 2015
Type: Movie
Organist Korla Pandit was an alluring enigma, a television pioneer and the godfather of exotica music. He never spoke a word on 900 episodes of his groundbreaking 1950s TV program but captured the hearts of countless Los Angeles housewives with his soulful, hypnotic gaze and theatrical performance of popular tunes and East Indian compositions on the newly developed Hammond B3 organ. In the ’90s he resurfaced as a cult figure with the tiki/lounge music aficionados and ended up immortalized in the film Ed Wood. Often pegged as a “man of mystery,” Korla lived up to that billing when he took an amazing secret with him to his grave in 1998—one that is finally revealed in KORLA.
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Dreams on Spec
Title: Dreams on Spec
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2007
Type: Movie
"Dreams on Spec" takes an intimate look at how far people will go - and how much they will sacrifice - for the chance to pursue their dreams. This feature-length documentary delves into the lives of three aspiring Hollywood screenwriters as they pour their hearts into their spec scripts, pitch their ideas to anyone who will listen, go to meetings, hold table reads, and work at low-level day-jobs - all in the hopes of one day seeing one of their beloved creations made into a movie. These poignant portraits are intercut with wisdom from a "Greek Chorus" of superstar Hollywood creative-types like James L. Brooks, Nora Ephron, Gary Ross, and Carrie Fisher to forge a funny and compelling look at inspiration, creativity, and solitude in the movie industry.