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# Alexander Buono

Producer and director. Born in Portland, Oregon, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Also known as:** Alex Buono
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22115032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56364

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Russian Doll*](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md) (83)

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## Biography

Alexander Buono, also credited as Alex Buono, is an American cinematographer, director, producer and writer. Born in Portland, Oregon, he studied film production and still photography at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He began his career on the camera crews of studio films including *Twister* (1996) and *Armageddon* (1998), before becoming director of photography for the *Saturday Night Live* film unit from 1999.

Buono has worked as director of photography on features such as *Dead End* (2003), *Green Street Hooligans* (2005) and *Shanghai Kiss* (2007). He directed episodes of the series *Documentary Now!* (2015–2022) and *Russian Doll* (2019). He wrote, produced and shot the documentary feature *Bigger Stronger Faster** (2008), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003 he received an Academy Award nomination for the short film *Johnny Flynton*, which he produced and photographed.

*Sources: imdb.com, ocon.com, de.wikipedia.org, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Russian Doll* (2019), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Audacity* (2026), series, Director
- *Adults* (2025), series, Director
- *Cosmetic Criminals* (2024), Writer, Director
- *Based on a True Story* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine* (2020), Thanks
- *Russian Doll* (2019), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md)
- *Documentary Now!* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography
- *Mayne Street* (2008), series, Director of Photography
- *Bigger Stronger Faster** (2008), Writer
- *Shanghai Kiss* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Green Street Hooligans* (2005), Director of Photography, Co-Producer
- *Dead End* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Johnny Flynton* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Hollywood Palms* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Remembrances* (1995), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Johnny Flynton*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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