Alexander Carson (filmmaker)
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Alexander Carson at the San Francisco International Film Festival
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| Born |
16 July 1982 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Concordia University |
| Occupation | Film director, actor, screenwriter, film editor, film producer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | www |
Alexander Carson is a Canadian filmmaker.
Carson was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from the Dramatic Arts program at Canterbury High School (Ottawa) before attending Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec. Carson returned to Concordia for a master's degree in Film Studies in 2009. He won the Lotte Eisner Award upon graduation in 2011.
Alexander Carson is a founding member of the North Country Cinema media arts collective, along with filmmakers Kyle Thomas and Nicholas Martin, colleagues whom he met at film school in Montreal. As a writer/director, Carson has presented work at many major international festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival.
Carson's films explore intimate, personal narratives and experimental approaches to visual storytelling. In 2012, he won the Award for Achievement In Direction from the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival for his film We Refuse To Be Cold.
In 2014, Carson received the Golden Gate Award for New Visions at the San Francisco International Film Festival for his film Numbers & Friends.
Later that year, Carson completed work on North Country Cinema's first feature film The Valley Below as a producer. Written and directed by longtime colleague and collaborator Kyle Thomas, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to garner two Canadian Screen Award nominations in 2015.
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