Alexander Olch

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Alexander Olch (born 1977)[ citation needed ] is an American writer, director, and designer.

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Education

He studied at Collegiate School in New York City and at Harvard College.

Career

His film work has played on HBO, [1] IFC, [2] at Film Forum, [3] in the New York Film Festival, [4] and is part of permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art. [5]

He launched his eponymous design label in 2002. His design work is sold internationally at stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, [6] Barneys New York, Colette Paris [7] and Isetan. [8]

Olch has been featured in The New York Times, [9] Vanity Fair, [10] Filmmaker Magazine, [11] Men's Vogue, [12] L’Uomo Vogue [13] and GQ. [14]

His writing has appeared in The New York Times [15] [16] and The Wall Street Journal. [17]

His short film work includes No Vladimir [18] (2000) produced by Chantal Akerman and Ross McElwee. The Windmill Movie [19] (2009), starring Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban and Susan Meiselas was his debut feature. [20] [21]

Alexander Olch x colette (2011) in Paris was his first pop-up store. [22] Alexander Olch at 14 Orchard Street in New York City is his first flagship store [23]

Olch is the Founder of Metrograph, an independent movie house which opened in Manhattan in 2016. [24]

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Guerrasio, Jason (28 October 2009). "The Windmill Movie on HBO Tonight". Filmmaker Magazine . Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ↑ No Vladimir (2000) - IMDb , retrieved 2022-10-14
  3. ↑ Ansen, David (12 June 2009). "Documenting Art and Class: His Own". The New York Times . Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Film Society of Lincoln Center". filmlinccom.siteprotect.net. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Alexander Olch. The Windmill Movie. 2008 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  6. ↑ Mauro, Sonja (9 October 2014). "Eye On: Alexander Olch". Mercedes-Benz. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Lo, Danica (23 December 2010). "New York's Alexander Olch Will Pop-Up at Colette Paris in January". Racked. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Isetan Website Retrieved 2014-10-30
  9. ↑ Koppel, Lily (8 April 2006). "Found Footage, and a View Through the Eyes of a Mentor". The New York Times. pp. B1. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "none", Vanity Fair , vol. 572, p. 112, April 2008
  11. ↑ "none", Filmmaker Magazine, pp. 59–61, 90–91, Spring 2009
  12. ↑ "none", Men's Vogue , no. Special Issue, p. 124, October 2007
  13. ↑ "none", L’Uomo Vogue , vol. 391, May 2008
  14. ↑ "none", GQ , p. 16, January 2010
  15. ↑ "Alexander Olch - T Magazine Blog". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  16. ↑ Olch, Alexander (20 February 2008). "For the Moment: The Luxury Box". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "Op-ed", The Wall Street Journal , June 7, 2008
  18. ↑ "No Vladimir" . Retrieved Nov 30, 2022– via IMDb.
  19. ↑ "The Windmill Movie". Jun 17, 2009. Retrieved Nov 30, 2022– via IMDb.
  20. ↑ MacDonald, Scott (November 2014). Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema. Oxford University Press. pp. 292–303. ISBN   978-0-19-938871-4.
  21. ↑ MacDonald, Scott (June 2013). American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520275621.
  22. ↑ Kan, Eugene (22 January 2011). "Alexander Olch at colette Launch" . Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  23. ↑ Schneier, Matthew (4 June 2014). "Who Says a Woman Needs a Boyfriend for a Great Shirt?: Men's Designer Alexander Olch Leaping the Gender Gap". The New York Times. pp. E4. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  24. ↑ Tedder, Michael (3 March 2016). "John Waters, Greta Gerwig, Jim Jarmusch Turn Out for Metrograph Theater Opening" . Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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