Alexander (Sandy) Carson is a Canadian filmmaker whose work explores the intersections of collective practice and personal storytelling. Carson’s films have screened at events such as TIFF and the San Francisco International Film Festival, where he received the Golden Gate Award for New Visions in 2014. His critically acclaimed first feature film as writer/director, O, Brazen Age, was released in 2015; his forthcoming second feature film, Alberta Number One (2024), was produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Albera Media Fund, and Telefilm Canada.
Alexander Carson is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University (BFA, MA) in Montreal, and is currently completing his MFA in Creative Practice through Transart Institute at Liverpool John Moores University (UK). Carson is a founding member of the North Country Cinema media arts collective in Calgary, Alberta. He lives in Toronto with his partner and two sons.