Alexis Gambis

Alexis Gambis is a French Venezuelan film director, writer, producer and biologist.[1][2][3] He is best known for his work on the film The Fly Room.[4] He is a 2019 TED Fellow.[5][6]

Alexis Gambis
OccupationDirector, Writer, Producer and Biologist
Years active2010–present

Life and career

Alexis holds a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While there, he collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct The Color of Time (Tar).[7] He also holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University.[8] He is an Assistant Professor of Biology, Film & New Media at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Alexis's debut feature film The Fly Room premiered at the 15th Annual Woodstock Film Festival.[9] In 2018, his short film, The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas), was showcased at the Morelia International Film Festival. He is currently in post-production of his second feature film, Son of Monarchs, starring Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother, Paulina Gaitán and Angélica Aragón.[10] He is the founder of both the annual Imagine Science Film Festival and science film streaming platform Labocine.[11]

Filmography
Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2010 Disposable Y Y Short Film
2010 Courtship Y Y Y Short Film
2012 Déja vu Y Y Short Film
2012 The Color of Time Y Y Feature Film, co-director
2014 The Fly Room Y Y Feature Film
2014 Campo Experimental Y Y Y Feature Film
2017 Mosaic Y Y Y Feature Film
2018 Insan Y Y Short Film
2018 She Who Dreams (La Que Sueña) Y Y Short Film
2018 The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas) Y Y Short Film
2018 My Brother (Mi Hermano) Y Y Short Film
2020 Son of Monarchs Y Y Feature Film

References
  1. "PODCAST: Fruit Flies, Filmmaking and The Science New Wave". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. "Alexis Gambis, Imagine Science Film Festival Director, Visits "GonzoLabs" at Science". aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. "Alexis Gambis: The art of the science film". newscientist.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. "Modern Biology Began In The New York 'Fly Room'". forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. "Meet the 2019 TED Fellows and Senior Fellows". blog.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. "Why we need more (real) science fiction". ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. "Tar". variety.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. "Alexis Gambis". nyuad.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "Fly Room, The". woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "On The Wings Of The Monarch: Behind-The-Scenes With Labocine's First Feature". medium.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  11. "An Interview With Imagine Science Films Founder Alexis Gambis". nyulocal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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