Alex Heller is a filmmaker from the south side of Chicago, who now works between LA, Chicago, and Oslo, Norway. Her debut feature film The Year Between, an autobiographical comedy about bipolar disorder, has received praise from The New York Times, Variety, Roger Ebert, and NPR. The film stars J. Smith-Cameron and Steve Buscemi alongside Heller. It premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, then received the Audience Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, "Best New Director's Feature" at the Nashville Film Festival, and was acquired by Peacock. Her recent short film Debaters premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is a proof-of-concept for an upcoming feature film, co-starring J. Smith-Cameron and Kenneth Lonergan. Alex is a 2020 Sundance Feature Film Fellow, and a lifelong miniaturist.
Variety's Dennis Harvey described Alex Heller as MIDWESTERN SARDONIC.
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