Alex Beckstead is a documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco. Beckstead graduated from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

with a B.A. in Film Studies.LDS Biography
His first short film, "sXe" screened at the 1999

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. 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.Official Website Biography
Beckstead's ''

Paperback Dreams ''Paperback Dreams'' is a 2008 television documentary film about the fate of bookstores in the new economy, that was part of the KQED (San Francisco's PBS station) documentary film series, ''Truly CA''. It is "the story of two landmark independen ...

'' (2008) is about "two landmark

independent bookstores An independent bookstore is a retail bookstore which is independently owned. Usually, independent stores consist of only a single actual store (although there are some multi-store independents). They may be structured as sole proprietorships, cl ...

and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of

Cody's Books Cody's Books (19562008) was an independent bookstore based in Berkeley, California. It "was a pioneer in bookselling, bringing the paperback revolution to Berkeley, fighting censorship, and providing a safe harbor from tear gas directed at ant ...

, and Clark Kepler, owner of

Kepler's Books Kepler's Books and Magazines is an independent bookstore in Menlo Park, California. It was founded on May 14, 1955 by Roy Kepler. He previously had worked as a staff member of radio station KPFA, listener-supported and based in Berkeley. The books ...

, over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business."Official Site

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckstead, Alex American film directors American film producers Living people University of Utah alumni Year of birth missing (living people)