Alexis Boling

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Alexis Boling
Born
William Alexander Boling [1]

(1979-05-18) May 18, 1979 (age 40)
Rome, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater University of Georgia
OccupationDirector, cinematographer
Years active2005-present
Spouse(s) Bodine Boling
Website alexisboling.com

William Alexander "Alexis" Boling (born May 18, 1979) is an American filmmaker, musician, and founder of production company Harmonium Films & Music based in Brooklyn, New York. [2] He is best known for directing the independent science fiction feature Movement and Location , as well as the music video for indie rock band Vampire Weekend’s debut single "Mansard Roof".

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Movement and Location is an American science fiction movie set in modern-day Brooklyn, directed by Alexis Boling. It stars Bodine Boling, Catherine Missal, Brendan Griffin, Anna Margaret Hollyman, David Andrew Macdonald and John Dapolito. Movement and Location tells the story of Kim Getty, an immigrant from 400 years in the future who is sent back in time to live an easier life. It premiered at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival where it won the Audience Award, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

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Early life

Growing up in the Deep South, Boling was involved with plays, photography, and music from a young age. While studying at the University of Georgia, he came to realize that film was the culmination of all of those passions, [3] and shortly after graduating from the University of Georgia in 2001 [4] he started Harmonium Films & Music. [5]

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Career

Early in his career, Boling worked briefly as a production assistant under filmmaker Albert Maysles who was making a documentary about the Dalai Lama speaking in Central Park at the time. Maysles advised him not to attend film school but rather just to keep making movies on his own. Soon after, Boling sold his car and moved to New York, [6] where he initially lived in a windowless bedroom. [7]

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Boling has been living in Brooklyn since 2004, [8] working as a director and cinematographer for film and television. [9]

Personal life

Boling married writer and filmmaker Bodine Boling on September 12, 2009 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Yates Crowley officiated and Vampire Weekend played the reception. [10]

Bodine Alexander Boling is an American writer and filmmaker. She is best known for writing, producing, starring in and editing the independent science fiction feature Movement and Location.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bodine Orban, Alexis Boling". The New York Times. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Blatter, Lucy (15 October 2015). "Indie director Alexis Boling on Brooklyn as a muse, and why Park Slope wasn't for him". Brick Underground. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Walker, Doug (5 September 2014). "'Movement and Location' screening at Rome International Film Festival tonight". Rome News-Tribune. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Orban-Boling". The Star Democrat. Easton, MD. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Hess, Megan (6 July 2011). "The Filmmaker & The Film Editor". No Joe Schmo. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Christopher Holland (22 September 2015). "Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode 26". Film Festival Secrets (Podcast). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Blatter, Lucy (15 October 2015). "Indie director Alexis Boling on Brooklyn as a muse, and why Park Slope wasn't for him". Brick Underground. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Burger, Mark (7 October 2015). "Southern Circuit welcomes award-winning filmmakers". Yes! Weekly. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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