A former World Kickboxing Champion and United States Marine Corps Combat Instructor, German-born filmmaker Lexi Alexander worked her way up from stunt woman to Oscar-nominated director with her live action short film “Johnny Flynton”, a drama about a boxer. She has helmed feature films including the SXSW Jury & Award winning drama Green Street Hooligans, Marvel’s Punisher: War Zone and Lifted, a film widely praised by veterans’ groups for carefully telling a politically charged story about the War on Terror. Alexander has ventured into television since then, where she has worked with several accomplished production companies.

Lexi Alexander will present the short film that broke her into the industry, “Johnny Flynton,” as well as discuss topics such as gender equality, copyright, and piracy in the film industry.