Alex Olteanu

Screenwriting and directing

I’ve been toying with filmmaking for a while, and while it’s still a hobby, one of my screenplays won the Best Pilot Episode Screenplay Contest at TIFF 2022.

Screenwriting

TV mini-series · Screenplay

Squash a Bug for Me

A father teaches his son to be a man during a hike, but the real test begins when a piano starts playing in an abandoned house in the woods.

TIFF Winner · Best Pilot Episode Screenplay Contest, 2022
See the TIFF announcement

Directing

I turn some of my scripts into zero-budget short films, which I’d rather call directing exercises than actual films. Three of them:

Short film · YouTube

Contemporary Dance Video

The opening scene of a short called Same Dance. Directed, edited, and color graded by me.