Alex Garcia Topete is a writer and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience working in the creative industries in Mexico and the United States, having worked in series development for Sony Pictures Television International (2010), as executive producer for shows on National Public Radioβs digital platform (2010), and as writer-director of sketch shows for Mexicoβs Televisa del Golfo (2006-2007), among others. He has written, directed, and produced the independent features Trippers (2010) and Vamps, Blood & Smoking Guns (2012), as well as the independent sitcom The Realty (2019-), the edutainment web series HablandoTV (2015-) and the docu-series Our Americas (2016-). In addition, Alex has been a festival programmer since 2007 for several film festivals, including the Dallas International Film Festival and the Festival de Cine Latino Americano of North Texas (FDCLA), of which heβs an original co-founder.
Alex is also a researcher and entrepreneur currently pursuing a dual masterβs degree and doctorate in Arts, Technology and Emerging Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas, focusing on transdisciplinary intelligence & collaboration methodologies, particularly as they relate to the creative industries and their relationship to technology and diverse audiences.
Lone Star Regional Emmy - Historical/Cultural Documentary
(2020)
Dan Carrillo/Alex Topete Wedding Untitled Project
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Up in the Sky, Down on the Ground
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