Alexander Fingrutd

Known for Directing

Alexander Fingrutd is an experimental filmmaker, animator, and photographer from Philadelphia who primarily works in analog film formats. In 2021, he graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a concentration in film, video, new media and animation. His work has been shown at national and international film exhibitions and Carbon Dust was awarded best cinematography at FUSE (Film Under Severe Experiment) in 2020. Fingrutd’s work is concerned with using film as an artist’s material and medium. He works with the organic, textural and photochemical properties within film to explore ideas around underlying connections, evolutionary processes and optical phenomena. His films examine ways in which people connect through various forms of communication, using universal symbols and through base elements.