Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her most recent film, Fire Through Dry Grass, co-directed with Andres “Jay” Molina, documents Jay and his fellow Reality Poets’ art and activism inside their nursing home during the COVID 19 pandemic. A NYT Critic's Pick, FIRE premiered at BlackStar in 2023, where it won the jury award for best feature documentary, and is broadcast + streaming on POV/PBS. Her first feature-length documentary, Dear Thirteen, explores coming of age in the modern world. It premiered at DOC NYC in 2022 and is distributed by Journeyman Pictures + Grasshopper Film. Alexis is the co-creator, co-director and producer of Neighborhood Slice, an Emmy nominated public television documentary series that tells the stories of longtime New Yorkers who've held onto their little corner of the city despite fast-growing gentrification. She produced and directed the series 9.99, for which she won a NY Emmy. Her work has been supported by ITVS, the Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, IDA, Perspective Fund, Fork Films, Working Films, the New York State Council on the Arts and the NYC Women’s Fund. She is also a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Grantee.

Over the past decade Alexis has developed filmmaking programs, implemented curricula and taught students all around NYC, including The Video Lab at The New School, The TEAK Fellowship and OPEN DOORS. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MA in Media Studies from The New School. 

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“An Intimate and Raw Film…” – Concepción de León, The New York Times, CRITIC’S PICK

“Fire Through Dry Grass is a damning report, which should be made mandatory viewing.” – Farah Abdessamad, The Brooklyn Rail

“‘Fire Through Dry Grass’ Team on Making a COVID Doc Inside a Nursing Home” – Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter

“A raw, emotional journey…” – Anita Johnson-Brown, The Los Angeles News

“Heartfelt, eye-opening, intimate and enraging.” – The NYC Movie Guru

“[Fire] is both a haunting reminder of the disregard those in power… and a motivating reminder of the power of community organizing.” – Seth McBride, New Mobility

Interview: Alexis Neophytides on Fire Through Dry Grass at London Film Festival 2023 – The Upcoming

“From a team of artists attuned to the power of images… [Dear Thirteen is] equal parts funny and emotionally affecting” – Sumner Forbes, Film Threat

Interview: DOC NYC 2022 Women Directors: Meet Alexis Neophytides – “Dear Thirteen” – Women and Hollywood

“A tender portrait of 13-year-olds across the globe” – Sarah Rosen, NY Jewish Week

Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides – Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project