Alexandre Rockwell Filmography

Born:: January 1, 1957
Occupation:: Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Cinematographer, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: The director of such quirky, low-key films as In the Soup (1992) and 13 Moons (2002), filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell has had an uncanny penchant for making the most of the small, quiet moments that other filmmakers might gloss over in favor of meatier drama. As a result, Rockwell's ability to craft...Read More

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13 Moons

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Buscemi, Peter Dinklage, David Proval, Daryl Mitchell, Karyn Parsons

Synopsis: The director of such off-beat independent films as In the Soup, director Alexandre Rockwell once again teams with that film's star to deliver this Los Angeles-based comedy concerning superstition and intersecting lives. Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's (Steve Buscemi) Read More

2002
Louis & Frank

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Randazzo, Francesco Messina, Tony Curtis, Meta Golding, Sam Rockwell

Synopsis: Alexandre Rockwell wrote and directed this follow-up to his award-winning In the Soup (1992) with a spin-off of two characters from his earlier success, singing landlords Louis Di Buffoni (Steven Randazzo) and Frank (Francesco Messina). Louis now has a family and a Queens removals business, while Read More

1998
Four Rooms

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Tim Roth, Valeria Golino, Jennifer Beals, Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a coven Read More

1995
Caro Diario

Actors: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Carlo Mazzacurati, Jennifer Beals

Synopsis: Writer/director/actor Nanni Moretti offers a three-part film diary which takes a sharply satiric look at Italian life. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Somebody to Love

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Michael de Lorenzo, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: Hollywood wannabes struggle to succeed while striving for relationships that are doomed to fail in this gloomy comedy-drama from writer-director Alexandre Rockwell. Rosie Perez stars as Mercedes, a transplanted New Yorker now living in East L.A. and taxi dancing at a seedy Hollywood strip joint. Read More

1994
In the Soup

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya, Will Patton

Synopsis: Alexandre Rockwell's quirky autobiographical comedy stars Steve Buscemi as Adolpho Rollo, a would-be screenwriter who is obsessed with getting his 500-page script "Unconditional Surrender" produced. Desperate for money, he places an ad for financial backing, which is answered by con man Joe (Seymour Cassel Read More

10/23/92
Sons

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: William Forsythe, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Miranda, Samuel Fuller, Stéphane Audran

Synopsis: Distressed at their father's imminent demise, his three sons decide to try and make his last wish come true while he is yet alive. Though he is disabled by a stroke and unable to communicate, his roommate in the Veteran's hospital knows that he has wanted to go back to Normandy since he was there Read More

1989
Hero

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Kim Flowers

Synopsis: In a symbolic journey to nowhere, though ironically from a large West-coast city in the U.S. to a town called "Truth or Consequences" in New Mexico, a group of people in a Yellow Cab define the malaise to be found in late 20th-century America. Paul is a handicapped teen who seems to be a victim of Read More

1983
Lenz

Crew: Director

1981