
ALEX ALBERS is a San Francisco based Freelance Video Editor. Her passion is documentary filmmaking rooted in social change.
She has contributed on numerous documentaries including the 10-part Netflix crime series MAKING A MURDERER (2015), Academy Award Winner, RESTREPO (2010), Sundance Winner: Honorable Mention, BORN SWEET (2010), and the recipient of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize A PLACE AT THE TABLE (2012). She recently finished editing WOMEN'S MARCH (2017) a documentary about the 2017 Women's March featuring marchers in five cities across the United States.
She is currently assistant editing on Q Ball, a Fox Sports Documentary that follows incarcerated basketball players in San Quentin State Prison (Executive Producer, Kevin Durant).
Her work has screened nationally at such festivals as Frameline Film Festival, SCAD Savannah Film Festival, and Awareness Film Festival Festival as well at internationally at Sydney Queer Screen (AUS), Transitions Film Festival (AUS) and Cinema Queer (Sweden).
In addition to longer form documentary work, Alex specializes in short form video, specifically short documentary, promotional videos, and music videos.
Sessions in which Alex Albers participates
- Special Pre-conference Screening: Food Inc
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Theater
- 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Screening
- Registration Cinerama Dome - Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 9 hours
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Two Radio Guys Help Your Movies Look Better with Sound ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- Case Study with the Filipino Production Team for Call Her Ganda ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Demystifying the Oscars with Tom Oyer
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
- Whine Before The Wine Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Opening Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Localizing Your Content for Any Market ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Frederick Wiseman Master Class Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- Collaborative Documentary Storytelling
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Film Criticism in Documentary—'Film Quarterly' Celebrates 60 Years
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Gimme Truth!
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full The Montalbán - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Game Show
- PBS Indies Party
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full NeueHouse Hollywood - NeueHouse Hollywood
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Keynote: Orwa Nyrabia
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Female Cinematographer Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Convening
- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- Making the Most of Mentorship ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- International Co-Producing: That Summer
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
- Closing Remarks
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM | 15 minutes
- Closing Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening