Alex Winkler is an award-winning film composer, songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles. Alex got his start as an eclectic pianist/recording artist in all genres, from classical to pop/jazz before moving to LA in 2017 to attend the USC masters in Screen Scoring. Since graduating, he has found a voice through scoring the films of some of the most promising and diverse young filmmakers today. Alex has been recognized by the Society of Composers and Publishers’ “Film Composers to Watch,” and his score for “What Daphne Saw” received the “Best Score” award from Horrible Imaginings Film Festival.

Recent scores include “Molli And Max In the Future” (starring Zosia Mamet [HBO’s Girls, The Flight Attendant] & Ari Athari [SNL, M3GAN 2.0]) which premiered at SXSW 2023 before hitting theaters nationally in 2024. Sitting at 98% from Rotten Tomatoes, the New York Times praised the film’s “pleasingly artisanal, jazz-scored futurescape.” Alex’s most horror score for Julia Max’s horror-drama “The Surrender” starring Colby Minifie (The Boys) is set to premiere at SXSW 2025. In addition, Alex has scored the Hulu Original horror film “Mr. Crocket”, the Korean-horror feature “Dawning” (2022), the feature-length musical dramedy “The Girl Who Left Home” (2021) and an upcoming horror feature from 20th Century/Hulu. Alex has also scored episodes from Hulu’s anthology series “Bite Size Halloween” (Season 1 & 2), as well as the horror shorts from director Julian Terry: The Nurse (New Line Cinema), Whisper (Amblin), They Hear It (Legendary), and Don’t Peek (Bekmambetov). Alex’s latest feature film score for the Hulu Original horror film “Mr. Crocket” premiered at Fantastic Fest 2024 and is set for release in October 11th.

In addition to his work as a film composer, Alex works as a songwriter and producer with the songwriting duo Kathulu Lemon which has inspired a number of music videos from director Lizz Marshall. Alex has also been featured as a pianist on albums like the jazz fusion band Glenious Inner Planet.

Alex is represented by Hailey Flame with First Artists Management.

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