| Alexis Gambis | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer and Biologist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Alexis Gambis is a French Venezuelan film director, writer, producer and biologist. He is best known for his work on the films The Fly Room and Son of Monarchs. He is a 2019 TED Fellow.
Life and career
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). He also holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University. 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. 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. The film also won Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. He is the founder of both the annual Imagine Science Film Festival and science film streaming platform Labocine.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Disposable |  Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2010 | Courtship | Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Short Film |
| 2012 | Déja vu | Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2012 | The Color of Time | Y
|
Y
|
Feature Film, co-director | |
| 2014 | The Fly Room | Y
|
Y
|
Feature Film | |
| 2014 | Campo Experimental | Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Feature Film |
| 2017 | Mosaic | Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Feature Film |
| 2018 | Insan | Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2018 | She Who Dreams (La Que Sueña) | Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2018 | The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas) | Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2018 | My Brother (Mi Hermano) | Y
|
Y
|
Short Film | |
| 2020 | Son of Monarchs | Y
|
Y
|
Feature Film |
References
- "PODCAST: Fruit Flies, Filmmaking and The Science New Wave". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Alexis Gambis, Imagine Science Film Festival Director, Visits "GonzoLabs" at Science". aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Alexis Gambis: The art of the science film". newscientist.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Modern Biology Began In The New York 'Fly Room'". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Meet the 2019 TED Fellows and Senior Fellows". blog.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Why we need more (real) science fiction". ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Tar". variety.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Alexis Gambis". nyuad.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Fly Room, The". woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Sundance NEXT Contender 'Son of Monarchs' Links Art and Science". variety.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Presents Feature Film Prize to Son of Monarchs, Announces New Grants to Artists at 2021 Sundance Film Festival". sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- "An Interview With Imagine Science Films Founder Alexis Gambis". nyulocal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.