The Registry was presented on www.Memory.is from February 25- March 3 2022 with an original essay, Twinning: Production Notes on The Registry [PDF]. The film was adapted from a multi-channel installation originally commissioned by Sheffield DocFest in 2021. Download the press kit and stream the score by composer Ben Babbitt.
Alex Tyson (1985) is an independent filmmaker and artist based in Los Angeles. His work has screened at international festivals and art house cinemas, including Film at Lincoln Center (Art of The Real, 2018), The Museum of Modern Art (Doc Fortnight, 2016), and Visions du Réel (2015). He has worked as a cinematographer internationally, including the US, Brazil, China, The South Pacific, Europe, and Central Africa. He has contributed to Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentaries distributed by HBO, National Geographic, Discovery, and Netflix.
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2021 The Registry, fiction. Short film / two-channel installation. 30 min. and 149 min., looping
2018 Divieto 2, documentary. 12 min.
2015 Mountain Fire Personnel, documentary. 30 min.
2015 3 Minutes in America, fiction, 5 min.
2014 Winds of the Mediterranean, documentary. 6 min.
2013 0591-0691, 4 min.
2011 Baroque Suite, (co-directed with Troy Herion), 15 min.
2010 Movements for Plants and Camera, single-channel looping installation
2009 Charles Cohen at the Buchla Music Easel, 5 min.
2003 Serene Librarian, fiction. 10 min.
Selected Credits
2022 Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, Newsy. Lead Editor.
2021 John Akomfrah: Conversations with Noise, PBS | Art21. Editor.
2021 Yes, Repeat, No, editor. Dir. Michael Dahan
2020 Material Zoom, UN Resource Panel. Writer, editor, co-director with Dr. Saleem Ali
2020 For Madmen Only, cinematography. Dir. Heather Ross
2019 The Truth Has Changed. Dir. of Photography, Editor. Dir. Josh Fox
2018 The Story of Plastic. Cinematography. Dir. Deia Schlosberg
2018 Jack's Signs - One Man's War on ICE. Director of Photography. Dir. Tom Carroll
2017 LA92, National Geographic. Special Photography. Dir. Daniel Lindsay & TJ Martin
2017 Standardized Patient (two-channel video), SFMOMA. Editor. Dir. Kerry Tribe
2017 Michele Lamy: Process, MOCA. Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2017 Composite, Editor. Dir. Toby Lee
2016 Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? MOCA. Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2016 R.H. Quaytman, Morning: Chapter 30, MOCA. Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2016 How to Let go of the World, HBO. Cinematography, Archival. Dir. Josh Fox
2016 The White Cross, Tom Explores Los Angeles. Co-writer, Editor. Dir. Tom Carroll
2016 Don't Look Back, exhibition spot, PBS | MOCA. Cinematographer, Editor
2015 Prelude (7 channel installation), Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980
MoMA. Editor, Post Supervisor. Dir. Joey Forsyte
2014 The Mirage, SBM. Cinematographer, Editor. Dir. Kyle Roper
2014 Abetura/Opening, Sao Paulo MoMA. Cinematographer, Editor. Dir. Vivian Caccuri
2013 Gasland Part II, HBO Films. Camera Operator, Assistant Editor. Dir. Josh Fox
2013 Calder’s Circus, The Whitney Museum. Editor. Dir. El Tigre Productions
2011 Gasland, HBO Films. Graphics, Aerial Cinematographer, Add'l. Editor. Dir. Josh Fox
2011 Minecraft: The story of Mojang. Cinematography. Dir. 2 Player Productions
Divieto 2 (Forbidden 2): A volcano is where Earth delivers up its messages. Tectonic movements, harmless vapors, toxic acids, scalding minerals and the possibility of new geography. Basalt becomes infrastructure, architecture or souvenirs. Divieto 2 (2018) follows a team of INGV volcanologists to their data centers near the peak of Mount Etna (Sicily, IT), but pays equal attention to the miners and shopkeepers working on its slopes. The result is an expanding tableau of the mountain's erratic economies. A volcano is thus a source of imagery; a cache that mirrors every eruption.
Mountain Fire Personnel (2015) is an experimental documentary that explores a wild fire across 27,000 acres in Southern California. Using over 30 sources of amateur footage, internet media and professional camerawork, the film surveys the response by firefighters and California State Prisoners. The film premiered at Visions du Réel, winning the award for best experimental short film. Available on DocAlliance Films, YouTube and previously, vdrome.
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Mountain Fire Personnel (2015) is an experimental documentary that explores a wild fire across 27,000 acres in Southern California. Using over 30 sources of amateur footage, internet media and professional camerawork, the film surveys the response by firefighters and California State Prisoners. The film premiered at Visions du Réel, winning the award for best experimental short film. Available on DocAlliance Films, YouTube and previously, vdrome.
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