Alexandra Pelosi
| Alexandra Pelosi | |
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Alexandra Pelosi and former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey at HBO screening of her documentary about McGreevey, Fall to Grace, in March 2013
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| Born |
October 5, 1970 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | Loyola Marymount University, University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Director, cinematographer, producer, writer, political activist |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Michiel Vos (m. 2005) 2 children |
| Parent(s) |
Nancy Pelosi Paul Pelosi |
| Relatives |
Paul Pelosi, Jr. Christine Pelosi |
Alexandra C. Pelosi (born October 5, 1970) is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer based in New York City. She is the daughter of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi.
In 2000, Pelosi worked as a network television producer for NBC covering George W. Bush's presidential campaign. She brought along a handheld camcorder documenting 18 months of her experience on the campaign trail; the footage was used to create Journeys with George, a documentary that earned her six Emmy nominations.
After spending a decade at NBC News, she left network news to work exclusively for HBO. During the 2004 Democratic primaries, she returned to the campaign trail, this time following the Democratic candidates. Her HBO documentary, Diary of a Political Tourist, was accompanied by her book Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows, about the process of selecting candidates for President of the United States. She stated that her conversations with Candy Crowley of CNN, Howard Dean, and Wesley Clark inspired her to write a book.
In 2006, she created the documentary about evangelical Christians called Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi which featured former pastor Ted Haggard. After it aired on HBO in 2007, she made a follow-up film, The Trials of Ted Haggard, chronicling the exile of Ted Haggard from New Life Church after his sex and drug scandal.
In 2008, Pelosi went back on the campaign trail to document the birth of the Tea Party movement at Republican campaign events for her film, Right America: Feeling Wronged - Some Voices from the Campaign Trail, which premiered on HBO on President's Day 2009.
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