Biography Alexandra Kern is a documentary filmmaker from New Orleans whose work explores America’s complex cultural fabric through intimate, character-driven portraits. The rhythms of the South shape the pacing of her work.
Her short documentary Stud Country (2024) premiered at Full Frame Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary, and later screened at Tribeca Film Festival, receiving the Tribeca Challenger Spirit Award. The film is available via Los Angeles Times and WePresent.
Kern’s directorial debut, Wild Magnolias (2023), received the Jazz & Heritage Community Partnership Grant and screened at festivals nationwide as well as the New Orleans Museum of Art. The film now holds a permanent place in the archive of the New Orleans Jazz Museum. It is also available online at Short of the Week and Aoen Magazine.