Alexandra Stergiou is a New York–born, Los Angeles–based writer and director working at the intersection of documentary and narrative film. Influenced by Jean Rouch and the Maysles brothers, she spent over a decade directing, producing, shooting, and editing observational documentary work for PBS, ITV, and the Tribeca Film Institute, including the co-directed feature The Candidates (DOC NYC, SXSW EDU, Fuse).
Her short films have screened at Raindance, Newfest, SFFILM, DOC NYC, Rooftop Films, the New Orleans Film Festival, Athena, and Montclair, among others. The Act of Coming Out was featured in The New Yorker and as a Vimeo Staff Pick. And Then I Was Here was nominated for Best Documentary Short at SFFILM and Miami Film Festival. Her narrative short Miss — about a trans woman's first steps into the world as herself — premiered at Raindance and screened at Newfest, Rooftop Films, and the New Orleans Film Festival, among others.
She makes films about people who reveal themselves sideways, through behavior and fixation.
You can get in touch by emailing 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
