Alexis Krasilovsky

ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY was born in Alaska, survived sexual assault at gunpoint, knows what it’s like to be completely deaf, and has traveled to over twenty countries. She is the author of "Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling" (Routledge – 2nd Place Winner, 2019 International Writers Awards) and "Watermelon Linguistics: New and Selected Poems" (Cyberwit - Finalist (Poetry – General) in the 2022 International Book Awards. Her poetry chapbooks include "Some Women Writers Kill Themselves," "Some Men" and "Abuse of Privacy," and are available along with Krasilovsky’s poetry videos on the DVD Some Women Writers Kill Themselves (Rafael Film – Winner, 2008 Austin Women’s Film, Music and Literary Festival “Best of the Fest” Literary Award). She also wrote the book "Women Behind the Camera" (Greenwood) and co-wrote "Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World" (Intellect/U.Chicago Press), and contributed to the books "Women on Poetry" and "Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence." As writer/director, her films include "End of the Art World," featuring Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and the global documentary features "Let Them Eat Cake" and "Women Behind the Camera" – winners of five Best Documentary awards. Her short film about female rage, "Blood" was reviewed in the "Los Angeles Times" as “in its stream-of-consciousness way, more powerful than Martin Scorsese’s 'Taxi Driver.'” Krasilovsky attended Smith College and the University of Florence, Italy. She graduated with honors from Yale University; her MFA in Film/Video is from CalArts. Krasilovsky is Professor Emerita of Screenwriting at California State University, Northridge, and has also given writing workshops/lectures at Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China (via Zoom), and the International Academy of Film & Media in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She currently lives in Los Angeles, and is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.