Alec Balas
Editing
Known For

See how one man's journey into New York's history started a movement. Meet a group of craft distillers, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians, and policymakers as they band together to celebrate the past, present, and future of Rye Whiskey and what it means to the people of the state that made it famous.
Fire, Water & Grain: The Story of Empire Rye

Annie and Mary were in love in college but ultimately went separate ways. They spend a weekend rekindling when Mary asks Annie to help spread her husband's ashes in the Catskill Mountains.
Love Is a Map

A couple deals with chronic illness by opening their marriage. A music writer takes an assignment profiling one of her favorite artists. The mundane poetry of life ensues.
Midwinter

Jody, a lonely teenage girl, joins forces with Hannah, a disgraced track coach, and together they spend a summer training for the Pinnacle Games, the biggest track-and-field competition on the East Coast.
Strider

Two friends retreat to a cabin in the mountains to reckon with their personal demons while attempting to lift each other's spirits.
Scariest Woman Alive

Go behind the scenes with the influencers inside the food media industry capitalizing on the public’s growing appetite for culinary-related content.
For the Love of Food

A sick man living on the fringes of society decides to go to New York City for a controversial surgical procedure. In his wake, he leaves a terrifying social media trail, proving no one is more dangerous than the average donor.
Donor

After a breakup, a young woman returns to Denver to explore love, sex, and couch surfing just long enough to know she's got more exploring to do.
Twenties

This visually-interesting anthology of four short films, presented by the notorious artist KYM, is not intended for the faint of heart.
Blood Dreams

Filmmaker Alec Balas explores death and the paranormal after rediscovering his old footage from forgotten projects.