Alexander Carson(I)

Alexander (Sandy) Carson is a Canadian filmmaker whose work explores the intersections of collective practice and personal storytelling. Carson's films have screened at events such as TIFF and the San Francisco International Film Festival, where he received the Golden Gate Award for New Visions in 2014. His critically acclaimed first feature film as writer/director, O, Brazen Age, was completed in 2015, and his new feature film, Alberta Number One, premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal and the Chicago International Film Festival in 2024. He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University (BFA, MA) in Montreal, and completed his MFA in Creative Practice at Transart Institute, Liverpool John Moores University (UK). Carson is a founding member of the North Country Cinema media arts collective in Calgary, Alberta, and holds the position of Professor of Creative Arts at Yorkville University. He lives in Toronto with his partner and two sons.