# Alex Beckstead

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**Alex Beckstead** is a documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco.

Beckstead graduated from the [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah) with a B.A. in Film Studies.[1] His first short film, "sXe" screened at the 1999 [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival).[1] He previously directed *Trailer Park Blues* (2002), a film about his grandfather's struggle with alcoholism while he and Beckstead's grandmother were living in a trailer park.[2]

Beckstead's *[Paperback Dreams](/source/Paperback_Dreams)* (2008) is about "two landmark [independent bookstores](/source/Independent_bookstores) and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of [Cody's Books](/source/Cody's_Books), and Clark Kepler, owner of [Kepler's Books](/source/Kepler's_Books), over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business."[3]

## References

1. [LDS Biography](http://www.ldsfilm.com/bio/bioB2.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110128052208/http://ldsfilm.com/bio/bioB2.html) January 28, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Official Website Biography](http://paperbackdreams.com/index.php/about/the-filmmakers/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110216041800/http://paperbackdreams.com/index.php/about/the-filmmakers) February 16, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Official Site](http://paperbackdreams.com/index.php/about/the-film/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110216042417/http://paperbackdreams.com/index.php/about/the-film) February 16, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Alex Beckstead](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065862/) at IMDb

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