Alexandra Velasco is an award-winning writer/director and multimedia artist from Mexico City living in Los Angeles.
Her work is a mix of surrealism and magical realism. Her background as a visual artist empowers her to create bold avant-garde films with Lynchian undertones starring weirdos and outcasts dealing with themes of guilt and redemption that jumpstart tough conversations.
Her art has screened and been exhibited at museums, galleries and festivals worldwide and been featured in Vogue, Elle, i-D magazine and IndieWire.
Her first narrative film "The First of The Free Girls" was awarded Best Narrative Short, Jury Selection and Best Cinematography during its festival run. In addition Alexandra and her co-director were nominated for Best New Artist at the renowned Berlin Fashion Film Festival.
She has directed music videos and tour visuals for indie artists in both Mexico and the United States and was director of branded content for Sunstock Solar Festival, LA's only 100% solar-powered music and arts fest.
Alexandra is one of nine female directors chosen for Blackmagic Collective’s “Future Directors of Studio Features” Initiative for 2021. As seen on Variety. She is also part of Alma Har’el’s Free The Work network.
Her latest short “The Seventh Circle” is currently streaming on NoBudge. She is in the post-production phase for the proof of concept for her a sexy arthouse vampire film set in the underground scene of Mexico City about a woman battling the darkness within before it devours her whole and turns her into a monster thirsting for revenge.
Alexandra is passionate about affordable and non-hierarchical art and film education and is part of the newly appointed Advisory Committee at the School of the Alternative in North Carolina where she also leads an experimental film workshop.
Her destiny in life is to create art that acts as a mirror, and helps people believe in magic, to help them access their emotions, pay attention to their dreams, nightmares and inner workings of their minds.