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Alex Vincent Blumberg

Screenwriter

Biography

Alex Vincent Blumberg is an award-winning screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and podcast producer. In 2025, Alex was named one of the “Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch” by the International Screenwriters’ Association. 

His nonfiction work includes writing narration for Oscar winners Meryl Streep in documentary features about endangered species and ecological recovery. His most recent documentary ESCAPE FROM EXTINCTION: REWILDING released in 2024 in over 100 theaters, earning an 88% critics' approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.​ The film is now available for streaming on Prime Video.

Alex's historical fiction podcast BACK FIRES was released in June 2024 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major audio platforms. Adapted from his award-winning screenplay, BACK FIRES reached thousands of listeners across 50 different countries, appearing on the Apple Podcasts Fiction and Drama charts in the US, Canada, India, and South Africa.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Alex was based in Prague and worked as a video journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which reports the news in 23 countries where a free press is banned by the state or not fully established. While on staff at RFE/RL, he directed the award-winning TV documentary GENERATION EMIGRATION, chronicling youth migration from the former Soviet republic of Moldova. 

Alex is currently working on a documentary feature about de-extinction technologies in wildlife conservation, and writing a short story collection exploring the symbiotic connections between humans and the natural world. 

Alex Vincent Blumberg is an award-winning screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and podcast producer. In 2025, Alex was named one of the “Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch” by the International Screenwriters’ Association. 

His nonfiction work includes writing narration for Oscar winners Meryl Streep in documentary features about endangered species and ecological recovery. His most recent documentary ESCAPE FROM EXTINCTION: REWILDING released in 2024 in over 100 theaters, earning an 88% critics' approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.​ The film is now available for streaming on Prime Video.

Alex's historical fiction podcast BACK FIRES was released in June 2024 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major audio platforms. Adapted from his award-winning screenplay, BACK FIRES reached thousands of listeners across 50 different countries, appearing on the Apple Podcasts Fiction and Drama charts in the US, Canada, India, and South Africa.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Alex was based in Prague and worked as a video journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which reports the news in 23 countries where a free press is banned by the state or not fully established. While on staff at RFE/RL, he directed the award-winning TV documentary GENERATION EMIGRATION, chronicling youth migration from the former Soviet republic of Moldova. 

Alex is currently working on a documentary feature about de-extinction technologies in wildlife conservation, and writing a short story collection exploring the symbiotic connections between humans and the natural world. 

My Story

Projects (7)

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Back Fires
TV Pilot (One-hour)
  • Drama .
  • Historical
1 Recommendation
14 Awards
Sizzle Reel
Available
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Sister
TV Pilot (One-hour)
  • Drama .
  • Historical
0 Recommendation
5 Awards
Watch Video
Available
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Wild Lands
Feature
  • Drama .
  • Fantasy .
  • Historical
0 Recommendation
2 Awards
Watch Video
Available
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The Tortoise
Short Story (Prose)
  • Crime .
  • Drama
0 Recommendation
0 Award
Watch Video
Available

Credits (3)

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Escape From Extinction: Rewilding
Written by
Feature Documentary
  • Drama
0 Recommendation
0 Award
Trailer
Produced
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Generation Emigration
Written by
Short Documentary
  • Drama
0 Recommendation
0 Award
Watch Video
Produced
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Monument Mountain
Written by
Short
  • Drama .
  • Thriller
0 Recommendation
1 Award
Watch Video
Produced

Education

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
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Alex Vincent Blumberg

Screenwriter

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