Kyle Patrick Alvarez (born 1983) is an American film director and
screenwriter.Alvarez was born in Miami, and attended the University of
Miami.His first film, Easier with Practice, was based on a GQ article
by Davy Rothbart. Alvarez then adapted a short story by David Sedaris
into the film C.O.G., which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival, and was released later that year.Alvarez's third film, The
Stanford Prison Experiment, a thriller dramatizing the 1971 experiment
of the same name, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where
it received the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. It received positive reviews
and was distributed by IFC Films. Alvarez has also directed four
episodes of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
screenwriter.Alvarez was born in Miami, and attended the University of
Miami.His first film, Easier with Practice, was based on a GQ article
by Davy Rothbart. Alvarez then adapted a short story by David Sedaris
into the film C.O.G., which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival, and was released later that year.Alvarez's third film, The
Stanford Prison Experiment, a thriller dramatizing the 1971 experiment
of the same name, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where
it received the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. It received positive reviews
and was distributed by IFC Films. Alvarez has also directed four
episodes of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
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