About Alex Beckstead
Born 1901. Alex Beckstead was an American film director and film producer.
Alex Beckstead is a documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco.
Beckstead graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in Film Studies. His first short film, "sXe" screened at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
Beckstead's Paperback Dreams (2008) is about "two landmark independent bookstores and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of Cody's Books, and Clark Kepler, owner of Kepler's Books, over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business."
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