Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Kyle Patrick Alvarez (born 1983) is an American filmmaker and producer. He is known for directing the film The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) and has worked as a director and producer for television.

Alvarez at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Early life and education

Alvarez was born in Miami, and attended the University of Miami.^[1]

Career

His first film, Easier with Practice, was based on a GQ article by Davy Rothbart.^[2] Alvarez then adapted a short story by David Sedaris into the film C.O.G., which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was released later that year.

Alvarez's third film, The Stanford Prison Experiment, a thriller dramatizing the 1971 experiment of the same name, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Alfred P. Sloan Prize.^[3] It received positive reviews and was distributed by IFC Films.^[4] Alvarez has also directed four episodes of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.^[5]

Alvarez directed the second season of the Amazon series Homecoming which premiered on May 22, 2020.

Personal life

Alvarez lives in Los Angeles.^[1] He is openly gay.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Ref(s)
2009	Easier with Practice	Yes	Yes	Yes	[2]
2013	C.O.G.	Yes	Yes	Yes	[2]
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Yes	No	No	[7]
2023	Crater	Yes	No	No	[8]

Television directed

Year	Title	Episodes	Ref(s)
2017	13 Reasons Why	"Tape 3, Side A"	[9]
		"Tape 3, Side B"	[9]
		"Tape 7, Side A"	[9]
2018		"Bye"	[10]
	Counterpart	"Outside In"	[11]
		"Something Borrowed"	[11]
2019	Tales of the City	"Three of Cups"
2020	Homecoming	All season 2 episodes	[12]