Alex Black

Alex Black’s filmography is honestly kind of wild—he bounces from gritty to poetic without missing a beat. In Elevation (2024), he dives deep into the paranoia and tension of a world on the edge. The story follows a ragtag group stuck in a snowed-in mountain town, grappling with trust issues as something out there (or maybe inside their own heads) starts picking them off. There’s this weird claustrophobia to the way it’s shot, and the script doesn’t spoon-feed you anything. You’re left guessing, which is half the fun. Black’s direction keeps everything tense and off-kilter, and you can tell he’s having a blast toying with the audience’s expectations. Jump over to How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022), and it’s a whole different beast. This one’s a tense eco-thriller that doesn’t really care if you’re comfortable or not. The plot’s basically what it says on the tin—a crew of activists tries to take down an oil pipeline, but the real fuel here is the anxiety and desperation oozing off every character. Black’s fingerprints are all over those frantic, almost documentary-style sequences, making you question where you stand on the line between activism and extremism. And then there’s Our Hero, Balthazar (2025), which flips everything again, going for mythic, almost dreamy territory. The movie follows Balthazar, a quirky outcast with a weird sense of justice, as he stumbles through a surreal cityscape. Black layers in humor, heartbreak, and those oddball details that make a character stick in your memory. Each film’s got its own pulse, but Black’s style—raw, a little chaotic, always honest—ties them all together.