Alex Piperno

Montevideo, 1985

Is a director, producer, and educator, graduated from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. He leads La Pobladora Cine, where he has produced films such as PARABELLUM by Lukas Rinner (IFFR, 2015), PERIPHERIQUE NORD (Visions du Réel, 2022) and THE SAVANNAH AND THE MOUNTAIN by Paulo Carneiro (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2024), and DECEMBER by Lucas Gallo (IDFA, 2025). As a director, he has made the feature WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE (Berlinale, 2020) and the short films THE INVIOLABILITY OF HOME IS BASED ON THE MAN WHO APPEARS WIELDING AN AXE AT HIS DOOR (Cannes Critics' Week, 2011), HOLA A LOS FIORDOS! (2026), and LOS CEBÚES (2016).

He also directs Cina Cina – Film Residencies, a program for the development of Ibero-American feature films, and has worked as a lecturer and consultant at the Uruguayan Film School (ECU).