alexalbers
editor
Directed by Andrew Abrahams
Open Eye Pictures | 2025 | 85 MIN
COMPLICATED
Editor of COMPLICATED, a feature documentary about young people with rare and complex diseases whose care is too complicated for mainstream medicine. Featuring stories of people who are tossed around from specialist to specialist, abandoned and even accused of psychological disorders or of faking their illness. COMPLICATED focuses on one of the most prevalent and representative of these conditions, a connective-tissue disease called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS).
Bray's Run Productions
2024 | 30 MIN EPISODES
PERFECT SWEAT
Editor of travel series, PERFECT SWEAT. Inspired by the book “Sweat” by Mikkel Aaland and starring a host of characters, PERFECT SWEAT takes the form of an exploratory journey to every corner of the world. The series explores bathing culture and how the experience of sweat is intertwined within different cultures and traditions. Destinations include Mexico, Scandinavia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Finland, the Baltics, and more!
Available to watch via Apple TV and Amazon Prime
Directed by Bilal Motley
2024 | 20 MIN
TRASH & BURN
Editor of TRASH & BURN, a documentary that showcases Chester, Pennsylvania, where Zulene Mayfield leads the 30 year fight against the US’s largest trash incinerator, impacting the majority-black town. The plant, processing waste from distant locations like Canada and Puerto Rico, exemplifies one of the nation’s most severe instances of environmental racism. The film spotlights Chester’s resilience and their battle against systemic injustice.
Directed by Jacqueline Cleveland, Mischa Hedges & Sonia Luokkala
TrimTab Media | 2023 | 30 MIN
ELLAVUT CIMIRTUQ
Yupik Pronunciation: Shla-vut sche-mik-tuk
Editor of ELLAVUT CIMIRTUQ: OUR WORLD IS CHANGING. As the village of Quinhagak works to save its cultural artifacts from washing into the Bering Sea, a local filmmaker explores her community’s relationship with its language and cultural hertiage.
Awards
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Winner : Denali Film Festival - Best Documentary
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Winner : Denali Film Festival - Best Overall Film
Available to watch via New Day Films.
WOMEN'S MARCH
Directed by Mischa Hedges
TrimTab Media | 2017 | 30 MIN
Editor of WOMEN'S MARCH. On Saturday, January 21, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington to “come together in solidarity to express to the new administration & congress that women’s rights are human rights and their power cannot be ignored.” That same day, hundreds of sister marches took place in cities and small towns across America. This short documentary film tells the story of people marching in solidarity for women's rights as human rights.
Awards
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Winner: (IN)Justice Film Festival - Curley Cohen Fan Favorite
Available to watch on Amazon Prime.
Directed by Kolmel W Love & Lex Sloan
2021 | 25 MIN
BEAKMAN & JOK
Editor of BEAKMAN & JOK. A short documentary film that explores the complex and fascinating life of Bay Area artist, leather man, AIDS activist and renowned children’s science educator Jok Church. Church revolutionized children’s science education through his internationally syndicated comic strip, bestselling children’s books, and the hit TV show BEAKMAN’S WORLD.
Awards
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Winner: 2021 Long Beach QFilm Festival, Special Program: California Shorts - Best Director
Available to watch via Frameline Distribution.
Directed by Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper
Netflix | 2019 | 39 MIN
FIRE IN PARADISE
Assistant Editor of Netflix documentary, FIRE IN PARADISE. Survivors recount their harrowing stories from the 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise and became the deadliest wildfire in California history.
Awards
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2020 News & Doc Emmys
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Winner : Outstanding Sound
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Nominated : Outstanding Short Doc
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2019 Oscar Shortlist - Documentary Short Subject
Available to watch on Netfilx.
Q BALL
Directed by Michael Tolajian
Fox Sports | 2019 | 96 MIN
Assistant Editor of Fox Sports documentary, Q BALL, a film that tells the story of the San Quentin Prison basketball squad - teammates and inmates at "the Q" - as they fight for the 2019 championship and navigate their journey of rehabilitation. Executive produced by Golden State Warriors All-Star Kevin Durant’s Thirty Five Media, in conjunction with HEIST and Hunting Lane Films.
Awards
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2020 Sports Emmys
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Nominated : Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
- Nominated : Long Sports Documentary
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Winner : 2019 Seattle International Film Festival - Documentary Grand Jury Award
Available to watch on Fox Sports.