About

Alexis Karl is a filmmaker and multidisciplanary artist living and working in NYC

Karl is a multidisciplanary artist and filmmaker creating films and cinematic installlations for the U.S. State Department, Public film projections on the Manhattan Bridge with Leo Kuelbs Collection, and gallery installations of her hand-constructed, large scale film sets .Her films and live muscial performances  have been featured in festivals and exhibitions around the world, most notably the Whitney Museum of Art, The Guggenheim Museum, Stephen Romano Gallery,  The Museum of Moving Image with Kaufman Center and  The Morbid Anatomy Museum

Karl teaches cinematography and film directing for the U.S. State Department in Thailand and Gaza, Palestine, and is a professor of installation and multidisciplinary art and cinematic installation at Pratt Institute in New York City. She is a regular lecturer for the U.S. embassy, The Metropolitan Museum, and National Arts Club on the relevance of film, fashion and fine arts on modern and historical artistic culture.

Karl's films have won acclaim at festivals internationally and nationally.  Karls' film and  multidisciplinary work have been featured in  New York Times: Women in The World, NY Post, Elysian Magazine,  White Hot Magazine, Gothic Beauty Magazine, Heathen Harvest, Honeysuckle Magazine,  London Financial Times, Atlas Obscura, Bustle Magazine; with TV and Radio spots on Salford City Radio UK, WMBR Bat's In The Belfry Radio Boston,  CNN and The View.


For Inquires and Booking: alexiskarlfilms@gmail.com



SELECTED PRESS

NY Elite Magazine: "Filmmaker, Writer, Composer, Alexis Karl  on "The Apartment "     ( The Apartment screenplay)

International Panelling:  "A discusssion with Alexis Karl and Adam Torkel- Co Directors of  Death and The Butcher" ( Interview)

Entertainment Network Live: "The Native Society" ( Interview/Profile)

White Hot Magazine: "Transmutaions"   (Featuring Oracle film) 

NY Times : "Women In The World: Dangerous Beauty"

Sabat  Magazine: "Transmutations" ( Featuring Oracle film) 

Art Forum:  "Everyday Magic -Dreaming Eternal with Lex and The Cult of Spirts : Must See"

NY Times: "Alexis Karl 's Death and The Maiden"  : Must See

Honeysuckle Magazine : "No Holds Barred-Bowery and The Female Gaze" 

Elysian Magazine: "Why are Only 4 Films In Top Grossing 100 Directed by Women"

Zero Equals Two : "Transmutations "( Featuring Oracle film) 

Rue Morgue: "Transmutations"( Featuring Oracle film)

Heathen Harvest - Review- T:ales of a Hollow Heart "( Film scoring)

Gothic Beauty- Review- "Be Deathless" ( Film scoring)


RADIO

Salford City Radio, UK : Lex and The Cult of Spirits\ Composing for Film

WMBR Radio, Bat's In The Belfry:  Salford City Radio, UK : Lex and The Cult of Spirits\ Composing for Film