Alexandra McGuinness is a writer and director from Dublin, now based in Los Angeles. Her debut feature film LOTUS EATERS about a group of young Londoners getting lost in a world of drugs, parties, and sex and frivolity premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and later showed at Mill Valley and the London Film Festival, Galway Film Festival among others.

She was named a director to watch by Variety and featured on the cover of the magazine.

Alexandra created, wrote and directed the web series RIDERS for online channel Super Deluxe. RIDERS had over 3 million views on YouTube and Facebook. RIDERS was bought by SUNDANCE NOW and developed as a half-hour show.

Alexandra’s second feature film SHE’S MISSING stars Eiza Gonzalez, Amber Midthunder, Lucy Fry and Josh Hartnett, it premiered at, Edinburgh Film Festival and it was released theatrically in the US in December 2019 by Vertical.

Projects in development include LUCIA based on the life of James’ Joyce’s daughter produced by Savage films, and SHINE; a folk horror by Harris Kauffman and produced by Neon Kite.

Alexandra lives between Dublin and Los Angeles with her husband and 3 sons.