Alex Bendo is an American filmmaker from New York City. He has directed and produced over thirty short films, supported by NEON, Film Independent, and Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee. His work has premiered at Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, and Telluride, among others. Alex was selected as a 2025 Fellow for Ari Aster & Lars Knudsen’s inaugural Square Peg Social. He is the co-founder of Endangered Species and holds an MFA from the Grad Film program at NYU Tisch.