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Alex Stapleton
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Kristin Alexandria Stapleton
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| Occupation | Documentary director and producer |
| Employer | House of NonFiction |
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Alex Stapleton is an American filmmaker. She is a talented director, showrunner, and executive producer. She creates documentary films and TV shows that tell real-life stories.
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Alex Stapleton's Career
Early Work and First Film
Alex Stapleton's first film as a director was a documentary called Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel. This movie, released in 2011, was about the life and work of a famous film producer named Roger Corman. It showed at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, which is a very important film event.
Many famous actors and directors, like Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, and Ron Howard, were interviewed in the film. The movie was very popular with critics. On a website called Rotten Tomatoes, which collects movie reviews, 92% of reviews for Corman's World were positive.
Directing for Netflix
In 2019, Alex Stapleton directed and produced a Netflix documentary called Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea. In this film, comedian Chelsea Handler explored the idea of "white privilege." This means looking at how some people might have advantages in life because of their background.
Alex also directed an episode of the 2020 Netflix series, The Playbook. Her episode was about the legendary soccer coach Jill Ellis. It showed the important rules Jill Ellis followed to be successful in her career and in her life.
Producing and Showrunning Pride
Alex Stapleton was an executive producer and showrunner for the FX documentary TV series Pride. This series explored the history of the fight for LGBT rights in the United States. It looked at how people worked for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from the 1950s to the 2000s.
The six-episode series first aired on May 14, 2021. Pride received excellent reviews, with 100% positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. The series was also nominated for several awards, including a Gotham Independent Film Award and a GLAAD Media Award.
Starting Her Own Company
Later in 2021, Alex Stapleton started her own production company called House of NonFiction. This company makes documentary films and shows. House of NonFiction has worked with big companies like Industrial Media and Sony Pictures Television.
Recent Projects
In 2023, Alex Stapleton directed a documentary about the famous baseball player Reggie Jackson, called Reggie.
In 2024, she directed an episode of God Save Texas for HBO. This episode focused on the energy industry in Houston, Texas, and how it affected her own family. She also directed and produced a two-part documentary series for Paramount+ called How Music Got Free. This series explored how file-sharing technology changed the music industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Alex Stapleton's Filmography
| Year | Work | Director | Producer | Notes |
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| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Yes | Yes | Feature Documentary |
| 2018 | Shut Up and Dribble | No | Yes | Docuseries |
| 2019 | Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea | Yes | Yes | TV Documentary |
| 2020 | The Playbook | Yes | No | Docuseries |
| 2021 | Pride | No | Yes | Docuseries |
| 2023 | Reggie | Yes | Yes | Feature Documentary |
| 2024 | God Save Texas | Yes | No | Docuseries |
| 2024 | How Music Got Free | Yes | No | Documentary |
Awards and Nominations
Alex Stapleton's work has been recognized with several important awards and nominations:
- 2022: Nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Pride
- 2021: Nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Pride
- 2019: Nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Shut Up and Dribble
- 2017: Won an Emmy Award for SoCal Connected
- 2011: Nominated for the Camera d'Or Award at Cannes for Corman's World
