Alex Lebovici
Canadian film producer
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Alex Lebovici is a Canadian film producer and founder of the production and financing company Hammerstone Studios. He is known for producing genre and independent films including Barbarian and Boy Kills World.
Alex Lebovici | |
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| Alma mater | New York Film Academy |
| Occupation | Film producer |
Early life and education
Lebovici began making short films at the age of 13. He later moved from Canada to the United States to study directing at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, where he completed twelve short films during his studies. He graduated in 2006 and subsequently interned at Original Film.[1]
Career
Before pursuing film production full-time, Lebovici ran a window-cleaning business in Toronto with his father and brother. Over several years, the business expanded to employ around 150 seasonal workers and generated approximately $2 million in revenue during peak seasons. After selling his share of the business, Lebovici moved back to Los Angeles to pursue film production. One of his early producing credits was the comedy The Clapper, starring Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.[2]
In 2018, Lebovici founded the film financing and production company Hammerstone Studios. The company was launched following his work on films including Roman J. Israel, Esq. and The Red Sea Diving Resort.[3]
In the same year, it was reported that Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third installment in the Bill & Ted franchise, was moving forward with Lebovici and Hammerstone Studios as one of the producers.[4] The film was released through a simultaneous video-on-demand and limited theatrical rollout during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
In December 2022, it was announced that Lebovici and Hammerstone Studios partnered with Kojima Productions to produce a film adaptation of the video game Death Stranding, with Allan Ungar attached as an executive producer.[6][7] In the same month, Lebovici was announced as a producer of the horror thriller Don't Move, produced by Hammerstone Studios in collaboration with Raimi Productions and Capstone Studios. The film was directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto and produced alongside Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi.[8][9] Don't Move later debuted at number one on Netflix's Global Top 10 Movies chart for the week of October 21–27, 2024.[10]
Lebovici previously executive produced the horror film Barbarian, which grossed more than $45 million worldwide.[11][12] He also produced Boy Kills World, an action thriller directed by Moritz Mohr and starring Bill Skarsgård and Famke Janssen.
In 2024, Lebovici was reported to be producing several projects including At the Sea, directed by Kornél Mundruczó and starring Amy Adams; the thriller Flight Risk, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg; and the animated creature feature Slime, starring Kid Cudi, Willow Smith, Teyana Taylor, Anna Sawai, John Cho and John Boyega. Other projects mentioned at the time included Kung Fury, directed by David Sandberg and starring Sandberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Fassbender. The film, based on the 2015 short Kung Fury, has faced delays due to a legal dispute with a financier.[2]
In 2025, Lebovici was also reported to be producing Elegance Bratton's crime thriller By Any Means starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.[13] In November of the same year, he was also reported as a producer and financier of the psychological thriller Iconoclast, the directorial debut of Gabriel Basso.[14]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Broken Tulips | Associate producer | Short film |
| 2014 | Tapped Out | Producer | |
| 2015 | Fugitives | Co-executive producer | |
| 2016 | Daylight's End | Co-producer | |
| 2017 | West of Time | Executive producer | Short film |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | Mom and Dad | Co-executive producer | |
| 2017 | Who We Are Now | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | The Clapper | Producer | |
| 2017 | Altitude | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film | Executive producer | Short film |
| 2018 | The Public | Producer | |
| 2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Executive producer | |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Producer | |
| 2020 | Come Away | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | Zeros and Ones | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Padre Pio | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Barbarian | Executive producer | |
| 2023 | Boy Kills World | Producer | |
| 2023 | Sympathy for the Devil | Producer | |
| 2024 | Don't Move | Producer | |
| 2025 | Flight Risk | Executive producer | |
| 2026 | At the Sea | Producer | |
| TBD | Kung Fury | Producer | |
| TBD | Slime | Producer | |
| TBD | By Any Means | Producer | |
| TBD | Iconoclast | Producer |