A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alexander has produced several short films and documentaries, as well as created a variety of commercial content. He boasts a diverse writing portfolio, from fantastical short stories to concise informative articles, topics of interest often vary, although usually reflect the same subtle humour and dry wit across the board. The most common writing topics of choice include films, literature, art, history and sometimes when in a brave mood…even politics. He is currently in the process of completing his first book. Hopelessly neurotic and greatly loved by his friend’s parents! Alexander likes to stay busy, having been involved in film, theatre, sketch comedy, stand up comedy, and numerous unsuccessful karaoke performances. In both success and failure, he thrives on new experiences and jumps at the chance to learn anything new. In rare free time he loves to watch movies, try new foods and spend as little time as he can away from his bed!
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.