Alex Backus

After Yang · 2022

After Yang

★ 6.42022

MovieScience FictionDrama

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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Second Second Assistant Director

Naked Singularity · 2021

Naked Singularity

★ 4.62021

MovieCrimeDrama

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

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Second Second Assistant Director

I Know Exactly How You Die · 2026

I Know Exactly How You Die

★ 3.52026

MovieHorrorComedy

When his slasher-fiction novel manifests in real life, hack writer Rian Burman has to finish his story without getting his protagonist murdered by a seriously sadistic Stalker who will stop at nothing to have her.

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First Assistant Director

Bad Things · 2023

Bad Things

★ 4.32023

MovieHorrorThriller

A weekend getaway for a few friends at a snowy hotel becomes a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare.

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First Assistant Director

Messy · 2025

Messy

★ 5.92025

MovieComedyDrama

Brutally self-aware, promiscuous love addict Stella Fox moves to New York after a devastating break-up and pursues disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer.

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Assistant Director

Chained for Life · 2019

Chained for Life

★ 6.32019

MovieDrama

A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.

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Production Assistant

After This Death · 2025

After This Death

★ 7.32025

MovieDramaMystery

A woman's affair with an enigmatic underground musician throws her life into chaos when he disappears. Forced to fend off his obsessive fans, she also has to confront her fractured marriage, and reclaim her identity and her future.

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First Assistant Director

Stag · 2022

Stag

★ 7.02022

MovieHorror

An urban loner seeks a second chance at redemption when she's invited her estranged BFF's bachelorette party.

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First Assistant Director

Simchas and Sorrows · 2022

Simchas and Sorrows

★ 3.02022

MovieComedyDrama

An atheist actress attempts to convert to Judaism to marry the man she loves.

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First Assistant Director

Superior · 2022

Superior

★ 4.12022

MovieDramaThriller

On the run, Marian returns to her hometown in upstate New York to hide out with her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian. Struggling to put the past behind her, Marian lies about the reason for her return, leaving her sister in the dark until their two worlds begin to collide.

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First Assistant Director

Tender Thoughts · 2024

Tender Thoughts

★ 10.02024

MovieDramaFantasy

A whimsical fantasy about a Black woman regaining her sense of self after years of being a corporate cog in the machine.

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First Assistant Director

Actors · 2022

Actors

★ 7.82022

MovieDramaComedy

Actor-filmmaker Peter Vack decides to re-identify as female to maintain relevance in the art and entertainment world. This horrifies Peter's sister Betsey and makes her spiral deep into a mania of sibling rivalry as she desperately searches for her own artistic voice.

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Assistant Director

The Things We Do When We're Alone · 2018

The Things We Do When We're Alone

2018

MovieDramaComedy

A depressed punk fan and her supportive friend hit upon a rare opportunity to see her favorite band perform.

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First Assistant Director