DIRECTOR, WRITER, EDITOR
Alexander Olch (b. 1977) began directing Super8 films in the fourth grade. By the Tenth grade, his short SOAKED (1992) was a finalist at the New York National High School Film Festival. His short NO VLADIMIR (2000) produced by Chantal Akerman and Ross McElwee at Harvard University was named one of the top ten student films in the country by the Independent Film Project in 2000, was an IFC Finalist (2000), BBC World Film Festival finalist (2000), and played regularly on Bravo and the Independent Film Channel until 2004. His short ARTEMIN GOLDBERG: CUSTOM TAILOR OF BRASSIERES (2000), supervising produced by Richard P. Rogers, premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival (2000). His feature screenplay based on the short was a semi-finalist at the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2000. THE WINDMILL MOVIE is his first feature.

Olch is also well known as the founder and designer of Alexander Olch New York. He started the company in 2002, his accessories collection now sold at many of the world’s most prestigious stores – Bergdorf Goodman, Opening Ceremony New York and Los Angeles, and United Arrows in Tokyo. His collaboration with conceptual artist Nicolas Guagnini MONEY IS NO OBJECT (2008) is currently showing at galleries in New York at Fruit and Flower Deli, and Andrew Roth Gallery, in Beunos Aires at Benzacar Gallery, in Berlin at Coma Gallery, as well at the Basel Art Exhibition in Switzerland. Olch has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Mens Vogue, L’Uomo Vogue Italy, GQ, and GQ Germany.