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Alex Backus

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Producer
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An urban loner seeks a second chance at redemption when she's invited to her estranged BFF's bachelorette party.
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Alex Backus is known for Her (2013), Eighth Grade (2018) and Identity Thief (2013).
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    Known for

    Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)
    Her
    8.0
    • Additional Crew
    • 2013
    Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade (2018)
    Eighth Grade
    7.4
    • Additional Crew
    • 2018
    Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in Identity Thief (2013)
    Identity Thief
    5.7
    • Additional Crew
    • 2013
    Game Changer
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • I Know Exactly How You Die
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Weighted
      • assistant director
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
      • assistant director: ktl news, jngl media
      • Post-production
    • First Refusal
      • assistant director
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Mott & Spy
      • assistant director
      • Completed
      • TV Movie
    • Farmhouse/whorehouse at the Guggenheim Museum
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production
    • Grow
      • Assistant Director
      • Post-production
    • Liminal
      • assistant director
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Messy
      6.7
      • Assistant Director
      • 2024
    • Denée Benton in Tender Thoughts (2024)
      Tender Thoughts
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • The French Italian (2024)
      The French Italian
      5.7
      • Assistant Director
      • 2024
    • Oso (2024)
      Oso
      7.4
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2024
    • Bad Things (2023)
      Bad Things
      3.8
      • Assistant Director
      • 2023
    • Malgorzata Zajaczkowska and Karen Gillan in Late Bloomers (2023)
      Late Bloomers
      6.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Stag (2022)
      Stag
      4.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • David Blaine Teaches Magic (2022)
      David Blaine Teaches Magic
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Gregg Bello, John Cullum, Julie Halston, Chip Zien, Thomas McDonell, Matt Ott, Luke Forbes, Genevieve Adams, Hari Nef, Jackie Donohoe, Esin Aydingoz, and Hannah Swayze in Simchas and Sorrows (2022)
      Simchas and Sorrows
      5.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • The Dreams of Rene Sendam (2022)
      The Dreams of Rene Sendam
      6.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Sarah Rich in Killing Evan (2021)
      Killing Evan
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Betsey Brown and Peter Vack in Actors (2021)
      Actors
      4.9
      • assistant director
      • 2021
    • Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels: The Light (2021)
      Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels: The Light
      Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, and Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja in After Yang (2021)
      After Yang
      6.6
      • second second assistant director
      • 2021
    • Vanessa Kirby in Italian Studies (2021)
      Italian Studies
      4.7
      • second second assistant director
      • 2021

    Additional Crew

    • First Refusal
      • Assistant Director
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Hans (2024)
      Hans
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2024
    • Bad Things (2023)
      Bad Things
      3.8
      • Assistant Director
      • 2023
    • Elisabeth Moss in Shirley (2020)
      Shirley
      6.1
      • production assistant
      • 2020
    • Jenny Slate in The Sunlit Night (2019)
      The Sunlit Night
      6.1
      • production assistant
      • 2019
    • Noah Schnapp in Abe (2019)
      Abe
      6.2
      • production assistant
      • 2019
    • Serhat Kaner in A Crime to Remember (2013)
      A Crime to Remember
      8.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade (2018)
      Eighth Grade
      7.4
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • Carolina Herrera Refined Irreverence (2016)
      Carolina Herrera Refined Irreverence
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 2016
    • Magan Carrigan in Solid 8: the Webseries (2016)
      Solid 8: the Webseries
      TV Mini Series
      • production assistant
      • 2016
    • Loose Change (2014)
      Loose Change
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 2014
    • Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)
      Her
      8.0
      • set production assistant
      • 2013
    • Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in Identity Thief (2013)
      Identity Thief
      5.7
      • production assistant
      • 2013

    Producer

    • The Dreams of Rene Sendam (2022)
      The Dreams of Rene Sendam
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Sarah Rich in Killing Evan (2021)
      Killing Evan
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Roo (2017)
      Roo
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Armin Shimerman, Michael McShane, John Prosky, and Alexandra Goodman in Red Bird (2016)
      Red Bird
      7.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2016
    • Game Changer
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2011
    • Pitches
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011

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