Alex Stapleton facts for kids

Alex Stapleton is an American director and producer. She makes exciting documentary movies and TV shows. As a director, she guides the making of a film. As a producer, she helps manage the project. She is also a showrunner, which means she oversees a TV series.

Alex Stapleton's Career

Early Directing Work

Alex Stapleton's first big movie was a documentary called Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel. It came out in 2011. This film was about the life of a famous movie producer named Roger Corman. The movie was shown for the first time at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It was even considered for a special award there called the Caméra d'Or. Many famous people like Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese were interviewed in the film. Movie critics really liked it. On a website called Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of reviews were positive.

Netflix Projects

In 2019, Alex Stapleton directed a Netflix documentary. It was called Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea. This film followed Chelsea Handler as she explored ideas about fairness. It looked at how different people are treated in American culture.

She also directed an episode for the 2020 Netflix series, The Playbook. This episode was about the legendary coach Jill Ellis. It showed the important rules Jill Ellis lives by. These rules helped her succeed in her career and in life.

Pride TV Series

Alex Stapleton was an executive producer and showrunner for a TV series called Pride. This series was shown on FX. It was a documentary miniseries. The show explored the fight for equal rights for LGBTQ+ people. It covered each decade from the 1950s to the 2000s. The series had six episodes. It started on May 14, 2021.

Pride was very popular with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of the reviews were positive. The series was nominated for several awards. These included a Gotham Independent Film Award and a GLAAD Media Award.

House of NonFiction

Later in 2021, Alex Stapleton started her own company. It is a production company called House of NonFiction. This company makes documentary films and TV shows. House of NonFiction has a special agreement with Industrial Media. This agreement continued with Sony Pictures Television in 2022. This happened after Sony bought Industrial Media.

Recent Work

In 2023, Alex Stapleton directed a documentary about Reggie Jackson. It was called Reggie. Several companies helped produce this film.

In 2024, she directed an episode of God Save Texas for HBO. This episode focused on the energy industry. It also explored how it affected her family in Houston, Texas. She also directed and produced a two-part documentary series. It was called How Music Got Free for Paramount+. This series showed how the music industry changed a lot. This happened in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was due to new ways of sharing music files.

Filmography

Awards and Nominations

Alex Stapleton has been recognized for her work many times.

• In 2022, she was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Pride.
• In 2021, she was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Pride.
• In 2019, she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Shut Up and Dribble.
• In 2017, she won an Emmy Award for SoCal Connected.
• In 2011, she was nominated for the Caméra d'Or Award for Corman's World.