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