alexalbers
editor
ALEX ALBERS is an experienced documentary editor and a current Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellow. Their passion is character driven documentary filmmaking rooted in social change. They are community oriented, have worked for numerous film festivals, currently volunteer as a hub organizer for the Video Consortium, and serve on the board of cinéSPEAK, a Philadelphia-based arthouse cinema.
Alex's work spans from short from branded content to documentary features and series (and everything in between). Most recently they edited the award winning film, HUNKY JESUS (2026), a feature documentary about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag nuns, and their campy Easter celebration. The film premiered as the opening night film at London's 2026 BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Alex also served as lead editor on Open Eye Pictures' COMPLICATED (2025), a feature documentary that premiered at Slamdance in the Unstoppable program and went on to win the Best Documentary at the Syracuse International Film Festival.
Farther back they collaborated on a variety of documentary projects including the 10-part Netflix crime series MAKING A MURDERER: Season 1 (2015), Academy Award Winner, RESTREPO (2010), Emmy-nominated & Seattle International Film Festival Audience Award winner, Q BALL (2019), and the Oscar shortlisted and Emmy-Winning Netflix film FIRE IN PARADISE (2019).
On the shorter side of things, Alex has significant experience with branded content, client profile pieces, promotional videos, event highlight reels, and music videos. Some of their clients have included Facebook/Meta, AAA, Heinz, Maybelline, Ninja, Benjamin Moore, Habitat for Humanity, and SF AIDS Foundation.
They are an alumni of Sarah Lawrence College, where in 2008 they received their BA in Liberal Arts with an area of focus in film production. They claim many homes - Chicago, Brooklyn, Sydney, San Francisco - currently they live in Philadelphia with their partner and rescue pup. Ask them to tell you the story of how this pup wandered into their lives. It's quite the tail, I mean tale.
