Alexander Jovy

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Alexander Jovy
Born(1971-01-27)27 January 1971
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Buckingham
Occupation(s)Film director, Author, Immigration attorney
Years active1998–present
Known forAcademy Award-nominated short film:Holiday Romance;
novel:I Am Cyrus
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Alexander Jovy (born 27 January 1971) is a film director.[1]

He was born in Berlin, but his family soon went to live in Switzerland. Later, he went to England to study Law at the University of Buckingham.[2]

He quit his job as a solicitor in order to direct films, and, with little formal training, he produced a short film called Holiday Romance which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1998.[1]

He is currently in a film production group called the Chahaya group. His latest working production is called Cyrus, based on the life of Cyrus the Great, which is claimed to be "the biggest independent financed film in history".[3]

In 2009, Jovy directed The Flirting Club starred actors who auditioned online and were voted for by the public.[4]

In 2011, Garnet Publishing published Jovy's novel I am Cyrus.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wayback Machine". www.chatshow.net. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. ^ University of Buckingham (14 November 2011). "Alex Jovy publishes his first novel: I Am Cyrus". University of Buckingham. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  3. ^ Chahaya group[usurped]. Retrieved 14-03-2007.
  4. ^ The Flirting Club, FlirtingClubFilms, retrieved 2025-10-19
  5. ^ "I am Cyrus | Garnet Publishing". garnetpublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  6. ^ "Persian translation of Alexander Jovy's "I Am Cyrus" goes bestseller". Tehran Times. 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
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