Alice Mathias
American television director and producer
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Alice Mathias is an American television director and producer from Chicago.[1]
USC School of Cinematic Arts (MFA)
- Television director
- television producer
Alice Mathias | |
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| Born | 1985 (age 40–41) |
| Education | Dartmouth College USC School of Cinematic Arts (MFA) |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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Early life and education
Mathias grew up in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago.[1] In high school, she performed in musicals and dabbled in improv.[1] She attended Dartmouth College, where she wrote a humor column called "Alice Unchained" for The Dartmouth.[1] She later earned an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[2]
Career
Television
Mathias joined the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia as an intern during its first season and rose to become the show's executive producer and director.[1] As a producer on Portlandia, she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.[3][4][5][6]
She also served as a producer on Documentary Now!, receiving two additional Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.[7][5]
Mathias is an executive producer and director of the Netflix sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, which she has described as "absurdist and unhinged".[1] The show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series in 2022[8] and won the award in 2023.[9][10] An episode she directed, "Has This Ever Happened to You?", was named one of the best TV episodes of 2019 by IndieWire.[11]
Mathias was an executive producer on the HBO Spanish-language comedy Los Espookys, which ran for two seasons (2019–2022).[12] The series won a Peabody Award in 2023.[13]
Her other directing credits include History of the World, Part II,[14] Schmigadoon!,[15] and That Damn Michael Che.[2]
Commercial work
Mathias has directed commercials for brands including Apple, Nike, Little Caesars, and Toyota.[2] She is represented for commercial work by Gifted Youth, a production company formerly under Funny or Die.[16] In 2025, she directed Totino's' first Super Bowl commercial, featuring Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson.[17][18]
