Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alex Karpovsky is an American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor. Alex Karpovsky's first feature-length film, The Hole Story, was completed in 2006. The critically acclaimed dark comedy garnered numerous awards on the festival circuit before being released theatrically by Indiepix. Karpovsky's follow-up feature, Woodpecker premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival and was released by Carnivalesque Films in September 2009. Alex's most recent film, Trust Us, This Is All Made Up, premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival and was released by B-Side Entertainment in February 2010 before the company folded a few days later (the film was subsequently released by the New Video Group and continues to air regularly on The Documentary Channel). As an actor, Karpovsky recently played the male lead in Beeswax which premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival; the voices of several Russian gangsters in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV; Mean Man Mike in Harmony and Me, which premiered at the 2009 New Directors/New Films Series; Paul Lucas in Lovers of Hate, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Vlad in Bass Ackwards, which also premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Jed in Tiny Furniture, which premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Jury Prize for Best Feature Film; Paul in The Grownups, which screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Rookie Agent in Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and Wally Combs in Wuss, which is set to premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. Karpovsky also recently acted or is committed to act in the following films, set to be released later in 2011: Almost in Love, Home, Incredibly Small, The Third Day, Marvin Seth and Stanley, and Seven Chinese Brothers. This fall Karpovsky will also appear as Ray in the HBO comedy series Girls. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Karpovsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Alex Karpovsky
Alex Karpovsky

Filmes

Cryptozoo
David (voice)
Depois de ter um experiência com um criptídeo devorador de sonhos, o Baku, Lauren (Lake Bell) fica obcecada por ele e passa a procurar essa criatura mítica pelo mundo. Durante sua busca, ela tenta salvar os criptídeos (seres mitológicos como dragões, wendigos, medusas, grifos), mantendo eles numa reserva: o Cryptozoo, mas com o governo caçando eles, Lauren precisa decidir se vale mesmo apena expor essas criaturas ao mundo.
Getting Stoned with Caveh
Himself
How can you have a talk show if you can't remember what you're talking about? Getting Stoned With Caveh is a show in which Caveh Zahedi gets high with film director guests who join in or let him get stoned on his own. Directors joining Caveh include Alex Karpovsky, Andrew Bujalski, Alex Ross Perry, Sophia Takal, Rick Alverson, Jon Jost, Bob Byington, and Kevin Corrigan.
The Ride
Chris
Wayne, a 40-year-old rideshare driver and spiritual coach, recently moved back in with his mom. He discovers that the key to giving his life meaning is to help his unsuspecting passengers let go of their negative thoughts—whether they want his help or not.
The Return of the Yuletide Kid
Michael
The Christmas Kid stars Craig Roberts (Red Oaks, Submarine,) in a warm-hearted comedy from writer/director Jamie Adams (Black Mountain Poets), about a former child star who learns what’s really important at Christmastime. Anthony Richards (Roberts) – you know, the Anthony Richards, The Actor – is depressed. His agent (Dolly Wells) has just dropped him, he’s unemployed, and he has little choice but to go home for Christmas - home to his doting mother, his jealous brother and a claustrophobic Welsh community that still reveres him as the home town boy who made it big. Back in his childhood home Anthony has demons to confront. But when Patricia (Erin Richards), the Head of Drama at the area’s most prestigious stage school, presents Ant with an offer to write and direct a play, Anthony finally has the chance to leave his Christmas Kid’s baggage in the past, once and for all.
O Som do Silêncio
Landon
Em Nova York, um técnico faz sucesso com um novo sistema capaz de alterar os sons nas casas das pessoas para que estejam de acordo com o humor dos habitantes. Acostumado a lidar com dezenas de pessoas diferentes, sua vida muda quando ele conhece uma cliente com um problema aparentemente impossível de resolver.
Being Frank
Ross
A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family
O Favorito
Mike Stratton
Gary Hart, ex-senador do Colorado, torna-se o favorito para a indicação presidencial democrata em 1987. Inteligência, carisma e idealismo de Hart o torna popular entre os eleitores jovens, deixando-o com um caminho aparentemente claro para a Casa Branca. Tudo isso desmorona quando as alegações de um caso extraconjugal aparecem na mídia, forçando o candidato a enfrentar um escândalo que ameaça atrapalhar sua campanha e sua vida pessoal.
Rosy
Marty
A socially awkward young man kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love. A psychosexual noir that explores power dynamics between men and women.
O Desaparecimento de Sidney Hall
Mr. Bauer
Ao longo de 12 anos, e três fases de sua vida, Sidney Hall se apaixona, escreve o livro de uma geração e depois desaparece sem deixar rastros. Um detetive enigmático embarca em uma viagem para descobrir o mistério.
A Goodbye to Girls
Self
A featurette celebrating six seasons of "Girls."
The Show About the Show
Himself
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
Fits and Starts
Charles
A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.
Dia da Namorada
Styvesan
Já parou pra pensar quem escreveu aquelas palavras perfeitas do cartão de Dia das Mães que você enviou no ano passado? Ou aquele cartão de aniversário hilário que você deu ao seu melhor amigo? Um mestre das palavras, isso sim! No filme original Netflix Dia da Namorada, o diretor Michael Paul Stephenson (The American Scream) retrata uma história excêntrica e inteligente sobre amor e perda, e também sobre o pior lugar para sofrer um corte de papel! Conheça Ray Wentworth (Bob Odenkirk), um grande escritor que acaba se tornando um mero criador de cartões comemorativos. Tentando recuperar os sentimentos que um dia lhe trouxeram a glória, ele acaba se envolvendo em uma teia de traição e assassinato em meio a escritores que buscam as palavras perfeitas para uma nova data comemorativa: o Dia da Namorada.
Meu Colégio Inteiro Afundando no Mar
Drake (voice)
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.
Oh Jerome, No
Barman (uncredited)
A guy takes surreal measures to conceal his true emotions.
Oh Jerome, No
Screenplay
A guy takes surreal measures to conceal his true emotions.
Oh Jerome, No
Director
A guy takes surreal measures to conceal his true emotions.
Crush
Steven
A diminished gallery girl finds a way to silence her toxic boss.
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Paul Scott
Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker respectively, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their "mojo" and finding love in the process.
Ave, César!
Mr. Smitrovich
Na década de 1950, Hollywood vive o auge da Era de Ouro. Mas para fazer tudo isso funcionar não é nada fácil para o especialista em resolver grandes encrencas Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin). Ele tem um grande problema pela frente quando o astro da grande produção Ave, César!, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), é sequestrado.
Sete Irmãos Chineses
Kaminsky
A trama conta a história de Larry, um homem infeliz e alcoólatra, que se apaixona por sua chefe.
Actor Seeks Role
Paul
An aspiring method actor (Alex Karpovsky) in New York City resorts to medical acting, a part-time gig performing the symptoms of various illnesses for student doctors. Although his talents are overlooked for traditional roles on stage and screen, they catch the attention of a medical instructor (Dylan Baker) with a flair for the theatric.
Amy
Saddler
A pair of ex-lovers spend a spontaneous afternoon together that could either lead to rekindled love or further heartbreak.
Devil Town
Terrence Bard
A young woman's sister goes missing. She then sets out on a quest through Brooklyn to find her on her own, enlisting the help of a motley crew of New York weirdos.
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
Chuck
Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.
Tired Moonlight
Associate Producer
Dawn, a middle aged woman who lives alone in a small town in Montana spends her days working as a maid at a roadside motel and scrounging through junk she purchases at local storage auctions hoping to one day 'hit the jackpot' and fund her travels and her escape from the town. Her humdrum life is slowly upended as Paul, a ramblin' man from her past, rolls like a tumbleweed through her small town. Pitting grand landscapes against dinners of fried chicken and the roar of V8 engines on Saturday nights, Tired Moonlight explores the relationship between extravagant nature and the tiny mundane moments of small town life.
Tired Moonlight
Mike
Dawn, a middle aged woman who lives alone in a small town in Montana spends her days working as a maid at a roadside motel and scrounging through junk she purchases at local storage auctions hoping to one day 'hit the jackpot' and fund her travels and her escape from the town. Her humdrum life is slowly upended as Paul, a ramblin' man from her past, rolls like a tumbleweed through her small town. Pitting grand landscapes against dinners of fried chicken and the roar of V8 engines on Saturday nights, Tired Moonlight explores the relationship between extravagant nature and the tiny mundane moments of small town life.
Summer of Blood
Jamie
Lousy lover and egocentric Eric Sparrow is dumped by his girlfriend after rejecting her marital proposal. After a few failed dates his luck turns when a chance encounter with a vampire turns him into a sex god.
Possibilia
Rick
Alex Karpovsky and Zoe Jarman star as a young couple contemplating breaking up. You witness the events from any of 16 different perspectives.
Dinner With Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
Alex
You are cordially invited to join Brett Gelman and his Hollywood friends for a lively night of dining, tasty showbiz chit-chat, and psychological torture.
A Propósito de Llewyn Davis
Marty Green
Llewyn Davis é um cantor e compositor que sonha em viver da sua música. Com o violão nas costas, ele migra de um lugar para o outro na Nova York dos anos 60, sempre vivendo de favor na casa de amigos e outros artistas. Talentoso, mas sem se preocupar muito com o futuro, ele incomoda a amiga Jean Berkey, que vive uma relação com outro músico, Jim. Nem um pouco confiável, Davis se depara com a oportunidade de viajar na companhia de um consagrado e desagradável artista, Roland, mas nem tudo vai acabar bem nesta nova jornada.
The Foxy Merkins
The Mumbling Erotic Accessory Salesman / CNN Executive
Two lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservative women in this buddy comedy, an homage to and riff on iconic male hustler films. Margaret is a down-on-her-luck hooker in training, who meets up with Jo, a beautiful and self-assured grifter from a wealthy family and an expert on servicing women, even as she considers herself proudly heterosexual. The film follows their adventures together on the street, through encounters with husky-voiced seductresses, mumbling erotic accessory salesmen and shopaholic swingers. Navigating the bizarre fetishes and sexual needs of their 'dates' brings into focus the hilarious and pathetic disparity between the two hookers, fellow travelers who will share the road together but only for a while.
Good Night
Jake
Leigh’s 29th birthday party takes a sudden turn when she announces that the evening maybe the last time her friends see her alive. A night of questions, coping and debauchery immediately follow.
Rubberneck
Editor
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
Rubberneck
Writer
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
Red Flag
Alex
Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas.
Red Flag
Producer
Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas.
Red Flag
Writer
Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas.
Red Flag
Director
Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas.
Rubberneck
Paul Harris
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
Rubberneck
Director
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
Almost in Love
Sasha
A love triangle shot in two continuous 45-minute takes set eighteen months apart: the first over a sunset, the second a sunrise.
Gayby
Peter
Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a promise to have a child together... the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? 'Gayby' is an irreverent comedy about friendship, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose.
Sleepwalk with Me
Ian
Um comediante em ascensão luta contra o estresse de uma carreira paralisada, um relacionamento estagnado e os surtos selvagens de sonambulismo que ele está desesperado para ignorar.
Marvin, Seth and Stanley
Associate Producer
Marvin's estranged sons, Seth and Stanley, return home for a camping trip. As past grudges are exposed, their weekend getaway slowly unfurls.
Marvin, Seth and Stanley
Seth Greenstein
Marvin's estranged sons, Seth and Stanley, return home for a camping trip. As past grudges are exposed, their weekend getaway slowly unfurls.
Sun Don't Shine
Thanks
Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.
Supporting Characters
Nick
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Rookie Agent
The adventures of lesbian space aliens on the planet Earth, and the story of the romance between Jane, a shy greeting card store employee, and Zoinx, the woman Jane does not realize is from outer-space. Meanwhile, two government agents, or 'Men In Black,' are closely tracking Jane and the aliens while harboring their own secrets.
Wuss
Wally Combs
The story of a high school teacher who faces constant ridicule after he's repeatedly beaten up by several of his own students. Having nowhere else to turn, he eventually teams up with another of his students to fight back. This student, a young girl, is feared school-wide because of a dark family reputation. She also has an unfortunate nickname grafted to her due to her predilection for smoking discarded cigarettes. Bonded in battle, the student and teacher form a friendship that stretches the use of the word inappropriate.
Mobília Mínima
Jed
Aura acaba de se formar na faculdade e decide voltar à sua antiga cidade para morar com a sua mãe. Agora, sem saber o que fazer com um diploma de cinema em mãos e um relacionamento amoroso fracassado, ela tentará encontrar um rumo para a sua vida.
Lovers of Hate
Paul
Two rival brothers engage in the ultimate challenge when they compete for the affections of the same woman.
Bass Ackwards
Vlad
A man coming off a disastrous affair with a married woman has a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.
Harmony and Me
Mean Man Mike
Lyricist Harmony insists on wallowing in misery eons after being unceremoniously dumped by his girlfriend. While the members of Harmony's family are long over his antics, that doesn't stop him from milking his heartbreak and telling his tale of woe to anyone who will listen.
Incredibly Small
Tom
Two recent college graduates, Anne, an ambitious law student and Amir, an aimless escalator attendant and aspiring sculptor move into a 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together. But the combination of their small apartment, their threateningly handsome neighbor across the hall and unexpected visitors from the past make them realize that maybe they aren't as perfect for each other as they previously had thought.
Beeswax
Merrill
Jeannie and her estranged business partner Amanda have a falling out leading to Amanda getting back with an ex and Jeannie bonding more with her non-paralyzed twin Lauren.
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
Producer
Immortalized in the world of improv comedy, Second City veterans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances.
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
Editor
Immortalized in the world of improv comedy, Second City veterans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances.
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
Director
Immortalized in the world of improv comedy, Second City veterans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances.
Woodpecker
Producer
Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in the Arkansas bayou in hopes of finding the celebrated Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Declared extinct in the 1940’s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerous experts. Enter amateur birder and poet Johnny Neander, who has convinced his taciturn sidekick that he will be the one to find the elusive woodpecker. The ensuing chaos divides the small town between believers and non-believers, rabid environmentalists and opportunistic entrepreneurs. Much like the bird itself, Woodpecker explores the intersection of fact and fiction, manipulating our notions of documentary and narrative techniques within a tragic comedy about hope, perception, and some very very strange birds.
Woodpecker
Writer
Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in the Arkansas bayou in hopes of finding the celebrated Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Declared extinct in the 1940’s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerous experts. Enter amateur birder and poet Johnny Neander, who has convinced his taciturn sidekick that he will be the one to find the elusive woodpecker. The ensuing chaos divides the small town between believers and non-believers, rabid environmentalists and opportunistic entrepreneurs. Much like the bird itself, Woodpecker explores the intersection of fact and fiction, manipulating our notions of documentary and narrative techniques within a tragic comedy about hope, perception, and some very very strange birds.
Woodpecker
Director
Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in the Arkansas bayou in hopes of finding the celebrated Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Declared extinct in the 1940’s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerous experts. Enter amateur birder and poet Johnny Neander, who has convinced his taciturn sidekick that he will be the one to find the elusive woodpecker. The ensuing chaos divides the small town between believers and non-believers, rabid environmentalists and opportunistic entrepreneurs. Much like the bird itself, Woodpecker explores the intersection of fact and fiction, manipulating our notions of documentary and narrative techniques within a tragic comedy about hope, perception, and some very very strange birds.
Cubby Knowles
Robert Lincoln
The Hole Story
Producer
Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch of water opens up on the surface of North Long Lake. With repeated scientific investigations yielding no answers, the Black Hole captures the heart of the nearby community while attracting national, even international attention. Convinced this charming story would be perfect for the small town mystery show hes been fervently pitching to cable executives for years, Alex decides to cash in his savings from editing karaoke videos, hire a small crew, and make the pilot episode himself. Upon arrival however, this black hole mystery reveals itself to be much more disturbing and personal than expected, slowly engulfing Alex in an existential search that consumes not only his cherished pilot, but with it the very underpinnings of his sanity.
The Hole Story
Writer
Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch of water opens up on the surface of North Long Lake. With repeated scientific investigations yielding no answers, the Black Hole captures the heart of the nearby community while attracting national, even international attention. Convinced this charming story would be perfect for the small town mystery show hes been fervently pitching to cable executives for years, Alex decides to cash in his savings from editing karaoke videos, hire a small crew, and make the pilot episode himself. Upon arrival however, this black hole mystery reveals itself to be much more disturbing and personal than expected, slowly engulfing Alex in an existential search that consumes not only his cherished pilot, but with it the very underpinnings of his sanity.
The Hole Story
Director
Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch of water opens up on the surface of North Long Lake. With repeated scientific investigations yielding no answers, the Black Hole captures the heart of the nearby community while attracting national, even international attention. Convinced this charming story would be perfect for the small town mystery show hes been fervently pitching to cable executives for years, Alex decides to cash in his savings from editing karaoke videos, hire a small crew, and make the pilot episode himself. Upon arrival however, this black hole mystery reveals itself to be much more disturbing and personal than expected, slowly engulfing Alex in an existential search that consumes not only his cherished pilot, but with it the very underpinnings of his sanity.
The Hole Story
Alex
Winter. Brainerd, Minnesota. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing hundreds of surrounding lakes in three feet of solid ice, a massive stretch of water opens up on the surface of North Long Lake. With repeated scientific investigations yielding no answers, the Black Hole captures the heart of the nearby community while attracting national, even international attention. Convinced this charming story would be perfect for the small town mystery show hes been fervently pitching to cable executives for years, Alex decides to cash in his savings from editing karaoke videos, hire a small crew, and make the pilot episode himself. Upon arrival however, this black hole mystery reveals itself to be much more disturbing and personal than expected, slowly engulfing Alex in an existential search that consumes not only his cherished pilot, but with it the very underpinnings of his sanity.
Cry Funny Happy
Henry
Unexpected revelations and unraveling friendships mark a 30th birthday celebration.