
Alex Camilleri
Directing
Biography
Alex Camilleri is a Maltese-American filmmaker. He is an alum of both the Sundance and Film Independent labs. He is a frequent collaborator of acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, working closely with him on films such as 99 Homes and Fahrenheit 45. As an editor, his work has screened at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. As director and editor of commercial content, Alex has created spots for Amazon, Vogue, Intel, and others. Credits include Elli and the Astronaut (2009, short), Still Here (2010, short doc.), Prickly Pear (2017, short). Luzzu (2021) is his first feature length film.
Known For

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Fahrenheit 451

Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.
Luzzu

Mar is ready to leave the tiny island of Malta behind, and her estranged mother's death gives her the perfect way out: an inheritance of valuable farmland that she can sell. But when greedy relatives contest her claim, Mar's plans hit a snag. As she fights to secure her future, Mar meets Nenu, a spirited troubadour whose vibrant folk songs, rooted in Malta's ancient għana tradition, awaken emotions she's long buried.
Zejtune

Backpacking alone on the Appalachian trail, a married woman meets a younger hiker and the two strangers become inexplicably drawn to one another.
Maine
In an idyllic suburban neighborhood, Jerry runs his big business lemonade stand and has the market cornered, until ten-year-old Addie opens her own stand across the street. Competition equals war, and both sides use (and abuse) a government regulator to try and win. In the end, one special customer will decide their fate.
Lemonade War

When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn't belong there. But when he's assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah, sparks fly and his convictions are tested. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah's romantic past, David's judgmental mother, and their own pre-conceptions of what love is supposed to look like.
Keep the Change

Glyn Stewart inspects eggs at a food bank in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He volunteers and helps people. He wonders about his life, his love, his death. Glyn Stewart answers the age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Lift You Up

Reflections from Red Oak, Texas where a teenage son murdered his father.
Blood Kin

The web is no longer secure, but NeuroLock™ can encrypt data using the human brain. Iris struggles to choose between unemployment and a job as a "neuro-messenger," a career with unwanted side effects.
Hollow

A young man is forced to attend a support group that leads to an unexpected connection.