Alex Nystrom is an Ojibwe filmmaker obsessed with ghosts.

He was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is an enrolled member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

Alex is currently developing his first feature film, Spiral, which recently received the NewFilmmakersLA 2024 NewNarratives Award.

Most recently, Alex was selected and participated in the inaugural Empowering Indigenous Voices 2024 NYU Tisch Grad Film Directing Intensive in Santa Fe.

His dramatic short film, Four Nights and a Fire, premiered at Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023, where it received a Top 5 Programmer’s Pick, as well as won Best Sound Design at NewFilmmakersLA Best of 2024 Awards and a nomination for Best Drama Short. Four Nights and a Fire is now available to watch online at Short of the Week & Omeleto.

As a screenwriter, his pilot script Between was selected for the 2nd annual Indigenous List (2022) on The Black List, in partnership with IllumiNative and the Sundance Indigenous Program.

His latest credits include producing the feature film Yasmeen’s Element (SXSW 2024), and producing The Prince and the Pauper as part of Reframed: Next Gen Narratives, premiering on MAX in January 2025.