Alex Twersky is a co-founder and principal at Kinetic Arts, a New York-based film and television production company that specializes in developing the talents of new writers and directors, as well as adapting award-winning short films into features.

Alex’s media background is diverse and extensive; before launching Kinetic Arts, he worked in publishing at Scholastic, the $2 billion children’s media giant, serving in various marketing and brand management roles; while there he also launched an international licensing division and closed deals with global media companies such as Disney, Vivendi Universal, Hachette, and the BBC.

After leaving Scholastic, he consulted on media strategy for such Fortune 1000 companies such as Prodigy Internet, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, SBC Communications, and Real Networks.

As a producer, Alex has worked in numerous capacities on features, shorts and documentaries that have garnered awards and run at prestigious film festivals, including Sundance, Toronto, Clermont-Ferrand, and many more.

Alex is currently developing a slate of features, based on Academy Award®-winning shorts, profound literary properties, and the richly textured scripts and ideas produced by the Academy Award®-winning writers and directors with whom Kinetic Arts is proud to be aligned. In addition to his work in film and TV, Alex is a writer whose credits include the Instant Scholar Guide to Art and Literature for Random House, a career guide for Crane’s, the internationally renowned paper company, and numerous film reviews and media essays for various websites and online magazines.

Alex received his BS in Marketing and International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business. This academic experience taught him, above all, to follow his passion for film, which is why he is not nestled in corporate America but fighting the good fight to get his films made.