Alexis Gambis is a French Venezuelan film director, writer, producer and biologist.[1][2][3] He is best known for his work on the films The Fly Room and Son of Monarchs.[4] He is a 2019 TED Fellow.[5][6]

Alexis Gambis
Occupation(s)Director, Writer, Producer and Biologist
Years active2010–present

Life and career

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Alexis holds a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While there, he collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct The Color of Time (Tar).[7] He also holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University.[8] He is an Assistant Professor of Biology, Film & New Media at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Alexis's debut feature film The Fly Room premiered at the 15th Annual Woodstock Film Festival.[9] In 2018, his short film, The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas), was showcased at the Morelia International Film Festival. His second feature film, Son of Monarchs, starring Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother, Paulina Gaitán and Angélica Aragón, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021.[10] The film also won Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[11] He is the founder of both the annual Imagine Science Film Festival and science film streaming platform Labocine.[12]

Filmography

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Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2010 Disposable  Y  Y Short Film
2010 Courtship  Y  Y  Y Short Film
2012 Déja vu  Y  Y Short Film
2012 The Color of Time  Y  Y Feature Film, co-director
2014 The Fly Room  Y  Y Feature Film
2014 Campo Experimental  Y  Y  Y Feature Film
2017 Mosaic  Y  Y  Y Feature Film
2018 Insan  Y  Y Short Film
2018 She Who Dreams (La Que Sueña)  Y  Y Short Film
2018 The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas)  Y  Y Short Film
2018 My Brother (Mi Hermano)  Y  Y Short Film
2020 Son of Monarchs  Y  Y Feature Film

References

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  1. ^ "PODCAST: Fruit Flies, Filmmaking and The Science New Wave". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ "Alexis Gambis, Imagine Science Film Festival Director, Visits "GonzoLabs" at Science". aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. ^ "Alexis Gambis: The art of the science film". newscientist.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ^ "Modern Biology Began In The New York 'Fly Room'". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ "Meet the 2019 TED Fellows and Senior Fellows". blog.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "Why we need more (real) science fiction". ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ^ "Tar". variety.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. ^ "Alexis Gambis". nyuad.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. ^ "Fly Room, The". woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. ^ "Sundance NEXT Contender 'Son of Monarchs' Links Art and Science". variety.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  11. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Presents Feature Film Prize to Son of Monarchs, Announces New Grants to Artists at 2021 Sundance Film Festival". sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  12. ^ "An Interview With Imagine Science Films Founder Alexis Gambis". nyulocal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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