Alexis Jacknow is an LA based, multidisciplinary storyteller.

Her debut short film, AGAIN, world premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed by Amazon.  

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Her other recent work includes two horror shorts for Hulu's Bite Size Halloween:  COSTUME CHANGE, which aired on FX and Freeform, and  CLOCK, which is currently being developed into a Hulu Original feature film.

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Alexis' episode OVERNIGHT, for Netflix's LOVE DAILY, garnered her a WGA Award Nomination for Short Form Original.  She is currently in pre-production on her first feature, THE VILLAGER (2019 IFP Week No Borders Selection), and is in development on her horror feature, THE BLINDINGS, with 21 Laps and Amazon.

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Alexis has over a decade of theater directing experience and sits on faculty at UCLA's Department of Theater.  As an actor, her career spans film, television, theater, and dozens of national commercials.

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She holds a B.F.A. in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, SDC, and the IAMA Theatre Company.

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Alexis was born and raised in Austin, Texas.  She very much hopes you won't move there.