Alex Ross Perry

Biography

Alex Ross Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. He has written and directed a series of feature films centred on unconventional characters and rife with the anxieties and joys of creation. His films have been internationally acclaimed at film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Locarno, Berlin, and others. He is most known for Listen Up Philip, which premiered in 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival and later won the Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival, and Her Smell (2018), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and screened at the New York Film Festival the same year. Besides being a prolific independent filmmaker with many of his fiction feature films internationally recognised, he also experimented with documentary, non-fiction, and music. His documentary-fiction hybrid, Pavements (2024), is an experimental musical biopic concert film that premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.

Most Known For

Easy

as Mr. Pope

Joshy

as Adam

Pavements

as Self (uncredited)

An Almost Christmas Story

as Dave The Dog (voice)

Kim's Video

as Self

7 Chinese Brothers

as Hats at Cars

The Color Wheel

as Colin

Tiny Furniture

as Ashlynn's Friend

Somebody Up There Likes Me

as Pizza Customer #1

At the Video Store

as Self

Green

as Phillip Roth expert

The Last Film

as Alex

Happy Life

as Donald

Impolex

as Voice: "It's a dud!"

Not Getting Stoned with Alex Ross Perry

as Himself

Honky Kong

as David

Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

as Self

Devil Town

as Detective Ira Goldberg

Alex Ross Perry

as Self

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

as Self