Alex Meader is an award winning writer and director who has been telling stories with light and sound for over 15 years. His body of work includes films, music videos, commercials, and documentaries.Meader’s work has been featured in film festivals across the world including Hollyshorts, Liverpool Film Festival, Outfest Fusion, The Roxbury International Film Festival, The Lovers Film Festival Torino, SoCal Film Fest, Arizona Film Festival, Young Cuts International, LA Comedy Fest, and the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. In 2017 Meader co-wrote and co-directed the Virtual Reality film “My Brother’s Keeper” with directing partner Connor Hair which premiered at the HTC booth at Sundance 2017. Done in collaboration with PBS, Radiant Images, and Technicolor, “My Brother’s Keeper” was named to Time Magazine’s 10 best VR films of 2018 and was screened at the United Nations in 2019.Meader collaborated with Hair again in 2018 to direct the short film “Paul” which has been an official selection to 11 festivals, won “Best Dramatic Short” at the Arizona Short Film Festival, and “Best Historic Reflection” at CMG Film Festival in 2019.Meader’s extensive commercial directing experience has included brands such as Nationwide, Razer, YouTube, HyperX, Major League Gaming, American Career College, Jacuzzi, and Adrenaline Shoc. He was honored in 2016 by the AAFOC with an Addy award for his writing and directing work for automotive manufacturer Denso. in 2017 The VR brand film he wrote anddirected for The Tourism Authority of Thailand was honored with two Telly awards. In 2019 he was honored with another Addy Award by the AAFOC for the commercial he wrote and directed for American Career College “In A Single Moment” and in 2020 he was honored with two Addy awards for the brand films he wrote and directed for Teracube and Adrenaline Shoc.Meader is passionate about storytelling and brings that passion to every project he directs. He believes that creating an emotional connection with the viewer is at the heart of crafting a meaningful story and that hard work, collaboration, and good preparation are the keys to executing any project to its fullest potential.