Alexis Dos Santos (born 1974) is an Argentine film director and producer, screenwriter and editor. He has also shot a number of short and directed music videos. He is considered part of the New Queer Cinema movement.
Dos Santos studied in Buenos Aires and Barcelona before relocating to London in 1998, where he attended the National Film and Television School. He started filming short films like Meteoritos, Watching Planes, Axolotll, Snapshots and Sand.
In 2006, he wrote and directed his debut long feature Glue (full title Glue - Historia adolescente en medio de la nada) about young musicians in drug use and sexual exploration. It won a number of prizes including the MovieZone Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2007 In 2009, he directed Unmade BedsFilmmaker Magazine: Alexis Dos Santos - Unmade Beds that was featured at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and at Febiofest 2010. The film was partially funded by the UK Film Council and was nominated for Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema / Dramatic in Sundance Festival. For the Cinema Reloaded project, in 2011 he directed the short film Random Strangers.
Filmography Directing and screenwriting Feature films 2006: Glue 2009: Unmade Beds 2019: Monos - (Screenwriter)
Shorts 1997: Meteoritos 2001: Sand 2002: Axolotl 2011: Random Strangers
Editing 2013: Bends
Producing 1997: Meteoritos 2006: Glue 2013: Night
Acting 1997: Meteoritos 2009: Unmade Beds as Alejo
Music videos (Selective) 2011: Matt Fishel - "The First Time"
Awards and nominations Glue 2006: Won MovieZone Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2006: Won Best Local Film at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2006: Won Young Audience Award at Nantes Three Continents Festival 2006: Nominated for Golden Montgolfiere at the Nantes Three Continents Festival 2007: Won Best First Feature - World Cinema at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Unmade Beds 2009: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize — World Cinema / Dramatic during Sundance Film Festival 2009: Won Crystal Arrow at Les Arcs Film Festival 2009: Won Quebec Film Critics Award / Special Mention at Montréal Festival of New Cinema
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