Name Alexander Jovy Role Film director | Spouse Amy Guy Education University of Law | |
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Books I am Cyrus: The Story of the Real Prince of Persia Nominations Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action) Movies Sorted, The Flirting Club, Saving Grace Similar People Amy Guy, Ben Moor, Fay Masterson, Matthew Rhys, Sienna Guillory | ||
Alexander Jovy (born January 27, 1971 in Berlin, Germany) is a film director.
He was born in Germany, however his family soon went to live in Switzerland. Later, he went to England to study Law at the University of Buckingham.
He quit his job as a solicitor in order to direct films, and with little formal training he produced a short film called Holiday Romance which was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1998.
He is currently in a film production group called the Chahaya group. His latest working production is called Cyrus, based on the life of Cyrus the Great, which is claimed to be "the biggest independent financed film in history".
In 2009, Jovy directed The Flirting Club starred actors who auditioned online and were voted for by the public.
In 2011, Garnet Publishing published Jovy's novel I am Cyrus.