Alexis Gambis

Alexis Gambis is a French Venezuelan film director, writer, producer and biologist. He is best known for his work on the films The Fly Room and Son of Monarchs. He is a 2019 TED Fellow.

Life and career Alexis holds a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While there, he collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct The Color of Time (Tar). He also holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University. He is an Assistant Professor of Biology, Film & New Media at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Alexis's debut feature film The Fly Room premiered at the 15th Annual Woodstock Film Festival. In 2018, his short film, The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas), was showcased at the Morelia International Film Festival. His second feature film, Son of Monarchs, starring Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother, Paulina Gaitán and Angélica Aragón, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021. The film also won Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. He is the founder of both the annual Imagine Science Film Festival and science film streaming platform Labocine.

Filmography YearTitle Writer Director Producer Note 2010 Disposable Short Film 2010 Courtship Short Film 2012 Déja vu Short Film 2012 The Color of Time Feature Film, co-director 2014 The Fly Room Feature Film 2014 Campo Experimental Feature Film 2017 Mosaic Feature Film 2018 Insan Short Film 2018 She Who Dreams (La Que Sueña) Short Film 2018 The Monarch Mimes (Los Mimos Monarcas) Short Film 2018 My Brother (Mi Hermano) Short Film 2020 Son of Monarchs Feature Film