Alex Stapleton

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Alex Stapleton
Born
Kristin Alexandria Stapleton
Occupation(s)Documentary director and producer
EmployerHouse of NonFiction
Notable work
  • Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
  • Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
  • Pride

Alex Stapleton is an American director, showrunner, and executive producer of documentary feature films and unscripted television.

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Career

Stapleton's directorial debut was the 2011 feature documentary, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel , about the life and career of film producer Roger Corman. Premiering at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, it was in competition for the Caméra d'Or award. [1] [2] The documentary includes interviews with Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, and Ron Howard among others. [3] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel has an approval rating of 92% based on 51 reviews. [4]

In 2019, Stapleton directed and executive produced the Netflix documentary Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea . The project follows Chelsea Handler as she reexamines the concept of white privilege and its effect on American culture. [5]

For the 2020 Netflix docuseries, The Playbook, Stapleton directed an episode on legendary coach Jill Ellis about the rules she lives by to find success on and off the field.

Stapleton executive produced and showran the FX documentary television miniseries Pride , which followed the fight for LGBT rights in the United States decade-by-decade from the 1950's through the 2000's. [6] Produced by Killer Television, Vice Studios, and Refinery29, the 6 episode series premiered on May 14, 2021. [7] [8] On Rotten Tomatoes, Pride has an approval rating of 100% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. [9] The series was nominated for several awards including a Gotham Independent Film Award and a GLAAD Media Award. [10] [11]

Later in 2021, Stapleton founded the production company House of NonFiction, which has an overall deal with Industrial Media. [12] House of NonFiction's overall continued with Sony Pictures Television following the later's acquisition of Industrial Media in 2022. [13]

Stapleton directed the 2023 Reggie Jackson documentary Reggie with Delirio Films, BRON, and Red Crown Productions producing. [14]

In 2024, Stapleton directed an episode of God Save Texas for HBO, focusing on the energy industry and its impact on her family in Houston, Texas. [15] She also directed and executive produced the two-part documentary series, How Music Got Free, for Paramount+ which followed the dramatic changes to the music industry in the late-90's and early-2000's that resulted from file-sharing technology and the rapid growth of music-piracy. [16]

Filmography

Selected Film/Television Work
YearWorkDirectorProducerNotes
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel YesYesFeature Documentary
2018Shut Up and DribbleNoYesDocuseries
2019 Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea YesYesTV Documentary
2020 The Playbook YesNoDocuseries
2021 Pride NoYesDocuseries
2023 Reggie YesYesFeature Documentary
2024 God Save Texas YesNoDocuseries
2024 How Music Got Free YesNoDocumentary

Awards

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