Alexandra Stergiou is a Greek American writer and director who spent a decade making documentaries and working with actors before pivoting to narrative fiction.

Her award-winning documentary work has screened internationally on television and at festivals including DOC NYC, SXSW EDU, and SFFILM. Her docufiction short The Act of Coming Out — about a real casting call for a fake film — premiered at the Athens International Film and Video Festival, where it received a special jury mention, and was featured in The New Yorker and as a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Her debut narrative short Miss — about a trans woman and her partner's trip to a gas station — premiered at Raindance and screened at Newfest, Rooftop Films, London Short Film Festival, and New Orleans Film Festival, among others.

She makes psychologically intense, darkly funny films about people who reveal themselves sideways, through behavior and fixation.

Get in touch: alex@sterg.work

Selected press:

Moviejawn “NewFest 2025: The “Here Come the Dolls” shorts showcased trans joy, vengeance, and more” by Krithika 2025 NOV 06

Provincetown Magazine “Beyond the Screen: A Celebration of Films that Break the Fourth Wall” by Rebecca M. Alvin 25 MAY 2023

The Moveable Fest “San Francisco Film Fest 2023 Interview: Alexandra Stergiou on Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes in And Then I Was Here“ by Stephen Saito 14 APR 2023

MUBI Notebook “The Best Movie Posters of 2022” by Adrian Curry 16 DEC 2022

MUBI Notebook “Movie Poster of the Week: “The Act of Coming Out” and the Art of Caspar Newbolt” by Adrian Curry 22 JUL 2022

Reelprint “Subverting Power with Alexandra Stergiou” Podcast interview with Eddy Frumpkin 22 JUN 2022

The New Yorker “What Exactly Does It Mean To Come Out?” by Rana Carothers 15 JUN 2022

Bay Area Reporter “SF DocFest 21's queer winners you won't want to miss” by Brian Bromberger 24 MAY 2022

The New York Times “N.Y. Today: The 2016 Election documentary, starring students” by Azi Paybarah 26 NOV 2018

Filmmaker Magazine “Alexandra Stergiou and Lexi Henigman On Their DOC NYC-Premiering The Candidates” by Lauren Wissot 9 NOV 2018

Women and Hollywood “Interviews: Meeting Alexandra Stergiou and Lexi Henigman” by Antora Majumdar 8 NOV 2018

Impose Magazine Premiere: Heaven's Gate I'm Forgetting DEC 2014