
Directing
Alexandra Shiva
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
Alexandra Elizabeth Shiva is an American documentary filmmaker.
Known for
6.3The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
This Is Home: A Refugee Story
2018
6.6In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social interactions of preparing for a spring formal. Focusing on several young women as they go through an iconic American rite of passage, we are given intimate access to people who are often unable to share their experiences with others. With humor and heartbreak, How to Dance in Ohio shows the daily courage of people facing their fears and opening themselves to the pain, worry, and joy of the social world.
How to Dance in Ohio
2015
An exploration of Agnes Denes, a pioneer of ecological and land art known for work on a monumental scale, who continues to make art at the age of 94.
Untitled Agnes Denes Documentary
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8.0Pack your bags for a trip to a Catskills summer camp where the stars of tomorrow go to prepare for their shot at the big time as filmmaker Alexandra Shiva allows viewers a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Stagedoor Manor, the training ground for such notable Hollywood heavyweights as Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Natalie Portman.
Stagedoor
2006
8.0Follow the story of young people who have attempted suicide or had suicidal ideations as they share their experiences and the ways they have sought help.
Each and Every Day
2021
NRTraces the life of director Alexandra Shiva’s late mother, Susan, an actress and travel agent, and the daughter of Hollywood mogul Jules C. Stein. As the filmmaker sifts through her mom’s belongings, including a trove of 16mm footage, she pieces together the traces of a childhood shaped by privilege, loss, and longing.
Her/Mine
2025
Behind the camera
6.3The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
This Is Home: A Refugee Story
2018
6.3The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
This Is Home: A Refugee Story
2018
6.6In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social interactions of preparing for a spring formal. Focusing on several young women as they go through an iconic American rite of passage, we are given intimate access to people who are often unable to share their experiences with others. With humor and heartbreak, How to Dance in Ohio shows the daily courage of people facing their fears and opening themselves to the pain, worry, and joy of the social world.
How to Dance in Ohio
2015
6.6In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social interactions of preparing for a spring formal. Focusing on several young women as they go through an iconic American rite of passage, we are given intimate access to people who are often unable to share their experiences with others. With humor and heartbreak, How to Dance in Ohio shows the daily courage of people facing their fears and opening themselves to the pain, worry, and joy of the social world.
How to Dance in Ohio
2015
An exploration of Agnes Denes, a pioneer of ecological and land art known for work on a monumental scale, who continues to make art at the age of 94.
Untitled Agnes Denes Documentary
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8.0Pack your bags for a trip to a Catskills summer camp where the stars of tomorrow go to prepare for their shot at the big time as filmmaker Alexandra Shiva allows viewers a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Stagedoor Manor, the training ground for such notable Hollywood heavyweights as Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Natalie Portman.
Stagedoor
2006
8.0Pack your bags for a trip to a Catskills summer camp where the stars of tomorrow go to prepare for their shot at the big time as filmmaker Alexandra Shiva allows viewers a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Stagedoor Manor, the training ground for such notable Hollywood heavyweights as Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Natalie Portman.
Stagedoor
2006
8.0Follow the story of young people who have attempted suicide or had suicidal ideations as they share their experiences and the ways they have sought help.
Each and Every Day
2021
8.0Follow the story of young people who have attempted suicide or had suicidal ideations as they share their experiences and the ways they have sought help.
Each and Every Day
2021
NRTraces the life of director Alexandra Shiva’s late mother, Susan, an actress and travel agent, and the daughter of Hollywood mogul Jules C. Stein. As the filmmaker sifts through her mom’s belongings, including a trove of 16mm footage, she pieces together the traces of a childhood shaped by privilege, loss, and longing.
Her/Mine
2025
NRTraces the life of director Alexandra Shiva’s late mother, Susan, an actress and travel agent, and the daughter of Hollywood mogul Jules C. Stein. As the filmmaker sifts through her mom’s belongings, including a trove of 16mm footage, she pieces together the traces of a childhood shaped by privilege, loss, and longing.
Her/Mine
2025
9.0An intimate, moving portrait of one eunuch family's struggle to survive in today's changing India.
Bombay Eunuch
2001
9.0An intimate, moving portrait of one eunuch family's struggle to survive in today's changing India.
Bombay Eunuch
2001
