Alexis Ostrander

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Also Known As Alexis O Korycinski

Alexis Ostrander

Biography

Alexis Ostrander is an award-winning and Emmy nominated director with a penchant for raw, human stories. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and was part of the 40th annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Alexis' short film THE HAIRCUT premiered at AFI FEST in 2014 and has played over 45 festivals, garnering 13 awards. Alexis received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, Creative District Grant, Impact First Films Grant, and The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation Grant for THE HAIRCUT. She participated as a Clinic Fellow in the 2015 Sundance Female Filmmakers Initiative Financing Intensive. In 2016, she was selected for the Ryan Murphy Half Foundation Mentorship Program and subsequently directed the penultimate episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE for FX. She was a participant in the Fox Filmmakers Lab and Fox Global Directors Initiative and was a drama fellow for the apprenticeship program on HOMELAND. Alexis was one of five directors in the inaugural Warner Bros. Emerging Film Directors Workshop and directed a grounded sci-fi short film, SENSUM, which premiered on HBO Go. After completing the 2017 Warner Bros. Television Directors' Workshop, she has directed episodes of RIVERDALE on CW, SHADOWHUNTERS on Freeform, THE ARRANGEMENT on E!, DEADLY CLASS on Syfy, PEARSON for USA, SUPERGIRL for CW, SERVANT for Apple, SWAMP THING for the DC Universe, IMPULSE for YouTube Red and CONDOR for AT&T Audience Network. Alexis directed the pilot, second episode, and finale block of LIGHT AS A FEATHER for Hulu. She is Emmy nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Digital Drama Series for LIGHT AS A FEATHER.

Known For

Director

Fourth Wall

as Director

Delilah

as Director

2023
The Consultant

as Director

2023
Mayfair Witches

as Director

2021
Sweet Tooth

as Director

2021
Cruel Summer

as Director

2019
Swamp Thing

as Director

2019
Pearson

as Director

2019
Nancy Drew

as Director

2019
Servant

as Director

2019
Deadly Class

as Director

2019
Truth Be Told

as Director

2018
Light as a Feather

as Director

2018
Impulse

as Director

2017
Sensum

as Director

2017
SEAL Team

as Director

2015
Supergirl

as Director

Actor

2007
Hollywood

as Starlet