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Alexandra Barreto

Owner, Producer
We're Doin' Great

Alexandra Barreto has been working on sets for over twenty years as an actress, writer, producer, and director. Alexandra most recently produced LATE BLOOMERS starring Karen Gillan which premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and was released by Vertical in theaters and VOD.

Her directorial debut LADY HATER premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and was named “Top 5 not to be missed shorts from the Tribeca Film Festival” by Forbes. She directed the Audible Original Series CUT AND RUN starring Meg Ryan, Rachel Bloom, and Sam Richardson. She wrote and directed a segment for the horror/comedy anthology, SCARE PACKAGE 2, a sequel to the Shudder hit SCARE PACKAGE.

Alexandra’s producorial feature debut TOO LATE starred Academy Award nominees John Hawkes and Robert Forster and was released theatrically in over thirty cities and secured a worldwide deal from Netflix. In addition, she’s produced seven short films and she wrote and directed the first political commercial to air on Comedy Central.

As an actress she’s guest starred and/or recurred on television shows spanning all genres from “Justified” to “Parenthood” to, most recently, recurring on CW’s “All American," a five year run on “The Fosters,” and recurring on the FX breakout hit, “Mayans MC.”

Alexandra is a Film Independent, Gotham and Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow.

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