Alex Karpovsky
Alexander Karpovsky is an American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and film editor. He is best known for playing Ray Ploshansky on the HBO comedy-drama series Girls and Craig Petrosian on the Amazon series Homecoming.
Early life and education
Alex Karpovsky was born in Newton, Massachusetts and raised in Boston. He did undergraduate work at Boston University, before receiving a Master's degree in visual ethnography at the University of Oxford..Career
His debut feature, The Hole Story, earned him a slot in Filmmaker magazine's 25 new faces of independent film. His subsequent feature-length films include Woodpecker, Trust Us, This Is All Made Up, Rubberneck, and Red Flag, the latter two of which were released as a double feature in New York City's Lincoln Center Theater. In addition to these films, Alex has directed episodes of TV, commercials, and music videos.As an actor, he played Ray Ploshansky in the HBO comedy series Girls and has portrayed characters in films that have been featured at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Berlinale, Los Angeles & Tribeca film festivals. Karpovsky also appeared in the Coen Brothers' most recent films, Inside Llewyn Davis and Hail, Caesar!, is a series regular on Amazon's Homecoming, and has a leading role in the upcoming NBC/Peacock limited series, Angelyne
Karpovsky has read hundreds of stories for live and radio audiences, including NPR's Selected Shorts, The Paris Review, The New York Times' Modern Love, n+1, Grand Theft Auto IV, and This American Life.
Filmography
Actor
Television
Music video
Video game
Writer/director
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Network/Festival |
| 2019 | Oh Jerome, No | Writer/Director | Episodes 101-108 | FXX |
| 2018 | Love | Director | Episode 304 | Netflix |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | Director | Episode 105 | Amazon |
| 2016 | Girls | Director | Episode 509 | HBO |
| 2012 | Red Flag | Writer/Director | feature | LA Film Festival |
| 2012 | Rubberneck | Writer/Director | feature | Tribeca |
| 2009 | Trust Us, This Is All Made Up | Writer/Director | feature | SXSW |
| 2008 | Woodpecker | Writer/Director | feature | SXSW |
| 2006 | The Hole Story | Writer/Director | feature | Harvard Film Archive |