Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker and educator based in New York City. Her work largely centers around community and how we find meaning in people and place. She is the co-creator, co-director and producer of Neighborhood Slice, a documentary series that tells the stories of longtime New Yorkers who’ve held onto their little corner of the city despite fast-growing gentrification, broadcast on public television. She produced and directed the series 9.99, for which she won a New York Emmy. Her short documentaries Doctor Kong, Coney Island’s for the Birds and Ethan 2018 screened at festivals worldwide, and were broadcast on the Documentary Channel and online as a Vimeo Staff Pick. She is currently in post-production on two feature length documentaries, State of Thirteen and Fire Through Dry Grass. Over the past decade she has developed filmmaking programs, implemented curricula and taught students all around New York City. In 2019 Alexis was a visiting artist for OPEN DOORS, where she met the Reality Poets and began working with Andres “Jay” Molina. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MA in Media Studies from The New School.
