Fede Alvarez
Director, writer, and producer Fede Alvarez is a Uruguayan filmmaker known for his visceral approach to film. Alvarez gained international recognition for his directorial debut, the 2013 remake of EVIL DEAD, which he also wrote. The film starred Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, and Lou Taylor Pucci and opened to number one at the box office. Following the success of his first film, Alvarez wrote, directed, and produced the hit genre film DON’T BREATHE, which starred Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, and Dylan Minnette. The film premiered to rave reviews, grossed over $157 million globally, and left a lasting impact on the horror community for its innovative storytelling and tension-building scenes.
Alvarez also directed and wrote the action-crime film THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, starring Claire Foy and LaKeith Stanfield, based on the characters from the best selling Stieg Larsson series, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. He also produced and wrote DON’T BREATHE 2 and later produced and wrote the 2022 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, which premiered at number one on Netflix’s top ten list.
On the TV side, Alvarez created, directed, and wrote the Apple TV+ series, CALLS, an English adaptation of the French series of the same name. The series stars Aubrey Plaza, Riley Keough, Joey King, and Pedro Pascal among many others, and won an Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design and earned Alvarez a WGA nomination for Adapted Short Form New Media.
Most recently, Alvarez’s film ALIEN: ROMULUS, which he wrote, directed, and executive produced, was released in summer of 2024 with Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu starring. The film is a standalone installment in the Alien franchise and follows a group of young people on a distant world who find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying lifeform in the universe. The film grossed over $350 million worldwide and gained positive critical acclaim. It won Best Horror Film at the Saturn Awards, received a Golden Globe nomination for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects. Alvarez has since written the script for the sequel to ROMULUS and will produce the film alongside Ridley Scott.