Alexandra Friedman

set & production design | costume design | fabrication

Alex Friedman creates environments for performance - on screen, on stage, and on the body. She is especially excited about new work and having an open collaborative process. Alex aims to engage diverse audiences, exploding their preconceived notions of what film and theatre can be, and is interested in media that embrace the tactile craft of design and the beauty of the handmade.

Born in St Petersburg, Russia, Alex is a native of New York City and an alumna of Brandeis University and CalArts. Her design work for theatre has been presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and throughout the SF Bay Area and LA.

Alex recently completed jobs as a set designer on a new series for Bix Pix and on Guillermo del Toro’s new stop-motion Pinocchio film, produced by Shadowmachine and Netflix. Her first feature as a set designer, LAIKA’s stop-motion Missing Link, won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in 2020. She is currently open to new opportunities.

COSTUME DESIGN

RICKY'S BABY, DIRECTED BY MELANIE AITKENHEAD

When the story of Ricky’s Baby begins, the eponymous hero feels pretty satisfied with his life: his car is a cool '68 Firebird, his girlfriend Cherise is a punk-rock angel, and he doesn't need anything more than that. But when Cherise gets knocked up, Ricky's lifestyle is called into question, adulthood comes knocking, and the pair must decide what to do with Ricky's Baby.

I collaborated closely with the director and production designers on this short film, bringing inspiration from the punk scene of the 1970s into the Los Angeles of 2016. The design was highly focused on texture and getting just the right amount of grit.

Starring Jennifer Daley & Goran Ivanovski

Written by Paul Jones

Produced by Michelle Campbell & Tom Goodall

Cinematography by Brian Brooks II & Jenna Bryant

Editing by Jeffrey Gee Chin & Angelica Lopez

Production Design by Alexis Ryan Britt & Olivia Camille Nelson

Hair and Makeup by Yvette Rishton & Hosway Morbak

Assistant Directed by Ewen Wright

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