Alex Simmons is an Emmy-winning director, producer, and editor. He is a co-founder of Muck Media and a producer of Netflix's record-breaking documentary on global music icon Karol G, the most-watched Spanish-language documentary in the history of the platform. Simmons directed the feature documentary "We Can Be Heroes", a coming-of-age story set at a LARPing summer camp, which won a Special Jury Award at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Simmons has also directed "Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller" (National Geographic), "Dear..." (Apple TV+), "Chasing El Chapo" (Univision) and edited the feature "Own the Room" (Disney+). His non-fiction work has earned multiple Emmys and an Overseas Press Club Award. On the narrative side, he wrote and directed the indie comedy Buddymoon, starring Flula Borg and David Giuntoli, which won the Audience Award at Slamdance and was released theatrically by Orion Pictures. Beyond film and television, Simmons has directed music videos and concert films for artists including Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Rós, Yasiin Bey, and The Shins.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, editor, producer and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Alex Simmons' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alex Simmons' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Alex Simmons' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
We Can Be Heroes(2024)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Own the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Dear...(2020)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Science Fair(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Buddymoon(2016)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Borderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Inside Secret America(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 4 titles from 2014 to 2024.
How do Alex Simmons' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Alex Simmons work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alex Simmons' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Darren Foster shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Darren FosterShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020), Science Fair (2018), Inside Secret America (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Darren Foster
Writers
- Jeff PlunkettShared titles: Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020), Science Fair (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Plunkett
Cinematographers and editors
- Peter AltonShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Science Fair (2018), Buddymoon (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Alton
- Michael LockridgeShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Buddymoon (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Lockridge
- Tom MaroneyShared titles: Science Fair (2018), Inside Secret America (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Maroney
Producers
- Jennifer WoodShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020), Science Fair (2018), Buddymoon (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Jennifer Wood
- Carina Mia WongShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Carina Mia Wong
- Cristina CostantiniShared titles: We Can Be Heroes (2024), Science Fair (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Cristina Costantini
- Cara FittsShared titles: Dear... (2020), Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Cara Fitts
