Born in Taiwan and raised in Ohio, Alex Broadstock makes films that blend surreal imagery with deeply human observation. His work is rooted in memory, place, and the textures of lived experience.
Now based in New York, he brings that same sensibility to commercial work for brands including Adobe, REI, United Airlines, Timberland, and Carhartt.
His debut film 'First Light', about life in the northernmost town in the world, earned twelve festival nominations internationally.
His second film, 'Threads of Anzal', an exploration of Morocco's 3,000-year-old rug-making tradition, won Best Short Documentary at the New York Indie Shorts Awards and premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Residents of the world’s northernmost town, which is steeped in darkness four months per year, grapple with why they inhabit such a hostile place—and how their unique relationship to the sun changes the meaning of light and darkness within their own lives.