Alex Horwitz

Alex Horwitz is a director writer editor and producer with experience on films large and small He directed and produced Hamiltons America the Peabody Finalist documentary that explores Americas founding through the creation of LinManuel Mirandas Hamilton Alexs work as a writerdirector includes a commercial short film starring Blue Man Group and Alice Jacobs is Dead which won Best Horror Film at the San Diego ComicCon He edited and directed second unit on The Legend of Hallowdega a short by renowned filmmaker Terry Gilliam Alexs other credits as an editor include Iconoclasts Oprahs Master Class and Joe Berlingers acclaimed feature documentary Whitey He graduated from Wesleyan University after which he worked as an assistant for director Julie Taymor before learning the ropes of film production with jobs on the SpiderMan and Bourne franchises as well as Martin Scorseses Shine a Light He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons