Alexis Krasilovsky
Alexis Krasilovsky was educated at Smith and Yale, with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. Her books include "Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling" (Routledge: NY/London 2018), and under the pseudonym Alexis Rafael, the novel "Sex and the Cyborg Goddess," which won Honorable Mention at the First Annual International Writers Awards. "Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World," co-authored by Harriet Margolis, Alexis Krasilovsky and Julia Stein, was published by Intellect Books and University of Chicago Press in 2015. Krasilovsky is also the author of "Women Behind the Camera: Conversations with Camerawomen" (Praeger: Westport, Connecticut, 1997), and several poetry chapbooks including "Some Women Writers Kill Themselves," which won the "Best of Fest" award at the Austin Woman's Film, Music & Literary Festival. Referred to as "...Southern California's poetry and video diva" by "Beyond Baroque," her poetry has appeared in "Poetica," "Southern Exposure," "San Francisco Bay Guardian" and the Museum of Modern Art.
The recipient of a Tribute Award from the 2008 San Francisco Women's Film Festival "for achievements in independent film," and a lifetime achievement award from the Gdank DocFilm Festival, Krasilovsky directed the global documentary feature, "Women Behind the Camera" (available on Amazon Video Prime and through http://womenbehindthecamera.com), which won four "Best Documentary" awards. The made-for-television version, "Shooting Women," was also a winner, taking the "Best International Documentary" award at the WOW (Women of the World) Film Festival in Sydney, Australia. A second global documentary, "Let Them Eat Cake" (2014), about the pleasures and perils of pastries, won "Best Documentary Feature" at the Paris Independent Film Festival, and is available on Amazon Video Prime and through http://LetThemEatCakeFilm.cm.
Krasilovsky lives in Los Angeles, where she is Professor of Screenwriting and Media Theory & Criticism at California State University, Northridge. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
