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Alexander Olch

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Alexander Olch (born 1977)[citation needed] is an American writer, director, and designer.

Education

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Olch studied at Collegiate School in New York City and at Harvard College.

Career

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His film work has played on HBO,[1] IFC,[2] at Film Forum,[3] in the New York Film Festival,[4] and is part of permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.[5]

He launched his eponymous design label in 2002. His design work is sold internationally at stores such as Bergdorf Goodman,[6] Barneys New York, Colette Paris[7] and Isetan.[8]

Olch has been featured in The New York Times,[9] Vanity Fair,[10] Filmmaker Magazine,[11] Men's Vogue,[12] L’Uomo Vogue[13] and GQ.[14]

His writing has appeared in The New York Times[15][16] and The Wall Street Journal.[17]

His short film work includes No Vladimir[18] (2000) produced by Chantal Akerman and Ross McElwee. The Windmill Movie[19] (2009), starring Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban and Susan Meiselas was his debut feature.[20][21]

Alexander Olch x colette (2011) in Paris was his first pop-up store.[22] Alexander Olch at 14 Orchard Street in New York City is his first flagship store[23]

Olch is the Founder of Metrograph, an independent movie house which opened in Manhattan in 2016.[24]

Filmography

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  • Artemin Goldberg: Custom Tailor of Brassieres (Short) (2000)
  • No Vladimir (Short) (2000)
  • The Windmill Movie (2008)

References

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  1. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (28 October 2009). "The Windmill Movie on HBO Tonight". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ^ No Vladimir (2000) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-10-14
  3. ^ Ansen, David (12 June 2009). "Documenting Art and Class: His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Film Society of Lincoln Center". filmlinccom.siteprotect.net. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  5. ^ "Alexander Olch. The Windmill Movie. 2008 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  6. ^ Mauro, Sonja (9 October 2014). "Eye On: Alexander Olch". Mercedes-Benz. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ^ Lo, Danica (23 December 2010). "New York's Alexander Olch Will Pop-Up at Colette Paris in January". Racked. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. ^ Isetan Website Retrieved 2014-10-30
  9. ^ Koppel, Lily (8 April 2006). "Found Footage, and a View Through the Eyes of a Mentor". The New York Times. pp. B1. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  10. ^ "none", Vanity Fair, vol. 572, p. 112, April 2008
  11. ^ "none", Filmmaker Magazine, pp. 59–61, 90–91, Spring 2009
  12. ^ "none", Men's Vogue, no. Special Issue, p. 124, October 2007
  13. ^ "none", L’Uomo Vogue, vol. 391, May 2008
  14. ^ "none", GQ, p. 16, January 2010
  15. ^ "Alexander Olch - T Magazine Blog". archive.nytimes.com. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  16. ^ Olch, Alexander (20 February 2008). "For the Moment: The Luxury Box". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "Op-ed", The Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2008
  18. ^ "No Vladimir". Retrieved Nov 30, 2022 – via IMDb.
  19. ^ "The Windmill Movie". Jun 17, 2009. Retrieved Nov 30, 2022 – via IMDb.
  20. ^ MacDonald, Scott (November 2014). Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema. Oxford University Press. pp. 292–303. ISBN 978-0-19-938871-4.
  21. ^ MacDonald, Scott (June 2013). American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520275621.
  22. ^ Kan, Eugene (22 January 2011). "Alexander Olch at colette Launch". Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  23. ^ Schneier, Matthew (4 June 2014). "Who Says a Woman Needs a Boyfriend for a Great Shirt?: Men's Designer Alexander Olch Leaping the Gender Gap". The New York Times. pp. E4. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  24. ^ Tedder, Michael (3 March 2016). "John Waters, Greta Gerwig, Jim Jarmusch Turn Out for Metrograph Theater Opening". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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