Alexandra Fisher – Director of “Desert Wedding”

Born in Paris, France to Swedish-Australian parents, Alexandra was raised in Zurich, Switzerland.  She holds an undergraduate degree in Drama from the University of Bristol (United Kingdom), an MFA in Film Directing from UCLA, and speaks five languages.

Alexandra has written and directed several commercials, corporate films, and four short films.  Her work has screened at festivals around the world and won numerous awards, including 1^st Place at the Student Emmys for her short film Parthenabe.  Her thesis film Desert Wedding won an honorable mention from the DGA for best student film directed by a woman, the CINE Award of Excellence, and the Audience Impact Award at the Angelus Student Film Festival.  Alexandra’s script All That Remains garnered a grant from the Swiss Ministry of Culture (Bundesamt für Kultur – BAK), and most recently, her corporate film Moment of Truth was awarded a Swiss God Edi, Gold at the 2011 New York Festivals, and a silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards.

Alexandra has read and covered scripts for the Sundance Writer’s Lab and Marc Foster.  She worked on the documentary 11^th Hour, which was produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, and premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.  She is the recipient of the Motion Picture Association of American Award, the James Pendleton Foundation Prize. The Wasserman Scholarship, the Paulson Scholarship, and a grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Alexandra is currently writing and directing commercials, while working on her first feature. She’s also working on a documentary about the internationally acclaimed Circus Knie. She’s repped by Pumpkin Film in Zurich and Compendium in London.

Visit www.swissmissfilms.com to see some of her work.