---
name: "Kyle Patrick Alvarez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kyle-patrick-alvarez"
fi1m_id: "kyle-patrick-alvarez"
imdb_id: "nm1547859"
tmdb_id: 229482
wikidata_id: "Q19365787"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 May 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-19T04:29:43.620821+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kyle Patrick Alvarez

## Identity

Kyle Patrick Alvarez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kyle-patrick-alvarez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kyle-patrick-alvarez
- **IMDb ID:** nm1547859
- **TMDB ID:** 229482
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19365787
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Patrick_Alvarez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19365787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1547859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229482

Director. Born 19 May 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 May 1983, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Patrick_Alvarez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19365787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1547859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229482

## Coming up

- *The Altruists* (2026-11-19), Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-altruists.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Boroughs*](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md) (73)

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## Fi1m on Kyle Patrick Alvarez

> Kyle Patrick Alvarez is worth following for his attention to actors and to people under pressure. In *The Boroughs*, that care helps make an uneven adventure worth the evening.

In *The Boroughs* (2026), Alfred Molina and Alfre Woodard make the older heroes worth following even when the monster mystery becomes a chore. We warmed to the series because it takes those people seriously and lets its performers make the adventure matter. Alvarez directs episodes, so the credit for that warmth cannot sensibly be his alone. Still, it is a useful introduction to a director whose attention to actors is among his chief strengths.

His independent features began with literary adaptations: *Easier with Practice* (2009) drew on a GQ article, and *C.O.G.* (2013) on a David Sedaris story. He wrote and directed both before making *The Stanford Prison Experiment* (2015). In the latter, camera placement and gradually widening shots create tension within confined spaces. That gives us something specific to value in his direction: he thinks about how the space around people can make their predicament feel uncomfortable to watch.

Television followed, with episodes of *13 Reasons Why* in 2017–2018, *Counterpart* (2018) and *Tales of the City* (2019). He then directed all of *Homecoming*’s second season (2020). The long takes and split-screen expanded the programme’s visual style, evidence of a director willing to make conspicuous choices within an established series. It is worth remembering that side of his work when praising his handling of actors: he is also thinking about how a scene is arranged and how long we are made to watch.

He returned to features with the science-fiction film *Crater* (2023), then directed episodes of *The Boroughs*. The latter earns our recommendation, with a reservation about the plotting that good performances cannot quite remove. We would welcome more of its patience with the older characters, provided the adventure gives them enough interesting things to do. Start there for Molina and Woodard; patience with the mystery will help.

## Biography

Kyle Patrick Alvarez is an American filmmaker and television director. Born on 19 May 1983 in Miami, Florida, he attended the University of Miami.

His feature directorial debut was *Easier with Practice* (2009). He followed this with *C.O.G.* (2013), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and *The Stanford Prison Experiment* (2015), which also premiered at Sundance and received the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. Alvarez has directed episodes of series including *13 Reasons Why* (2017–2018), *Counterpart* (2018), *Tales of the City* (2019) and the second season of *Homecoming* (2020). He directed the feature *Crater* (2023) and episodes of *Boots* (2025) and *The Boroughs* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Boroughs* (2026), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Altruists* (2026), series, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-altruists.md)
- *The Boroughs* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Boots* (2025), series, Director
- *Crater* (2023), Director
- *Cosboi* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Tales of the City* (2019), series, Director
- *Homecoming* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Counterpart* (2017), series, Director
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Director, Consulting Producer
- *The Stanford Prison Experiment* (2015), Director, Editor
- *C.O.G.* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Easier with Practice* (2009), Director, Screenplay

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