Alexander Yellen is an experienced director and cinematographer, having been a regular on the Syfy Channel episodic zombie series Z Nation and having also directed 3 feature films, most recently the award-winning indie road-trip dramedy DARUMA from Oscar-winning executive producer Peter Farrelly, which recently completed a successful theatrical run to glowing audience and critical reviews. CNN called the film "Groundbreaking" and independent critic Richard Propes called Yellen's work "Brilliant." He's also been profiled in Forbes, The Seattle Times, and NPR's Filmweek.

Alexander came to directing by way of cinematography, where his talent as a visual storyteller, strong team management skills, and ability to work well with actors first created opportunities to direct second unit on a number of features in the sci-fi, thriller, and disaster genres. His reputation for delivering high quality work on tight timelines led to his first feature, the SyFy Original action film Battledogs, followed by another SyFy Original, Finders Keepers, and then on to his role with Z Nation, capped by directing the series finale. While he has worked in many genres, he maintains a penchant for dramatic and elevated genre projects and is equally strong directing features and episodic series.

Traveling extensively with his anthropologist parents, Alexander was exposed from an early age to a wide-range of people and environments. He developed a passion for visual storytelling and has always sought to make those stories accessible through meaningful and unique perspectives as well as exploring the interactions between people from differing backgrounds and narratives that challenge social preconceptions. Alexander was born in Washington DC, earned a degree in film studies from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer-producer Kelli McNeil-Yellen.