Alex Reed

Writing and the power of storytelling captured my imagination from a young age. We moved a lot when I was a kid: three times back-and-forth from Washington state to Colorado. Through it all, there was my Mom, Dad, two sisters, and piles of movies, books, and video games: the constants in an ever-shifting-life.

My childhood had two poles: lively and boisterous family gatherings in Seattle packed with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and my hometown of Highlands Ranch, CO. I am from winding suburban cul-de-sacs, rolling prairie hills, and stunning views of the Rocky Mountains from horizon to horizon.

The most important decision of my life was to sign up for seventh grade Theatre class. Everything rolled forth from there. I started acting in plays and making movies with friends. At Mountain Vista High School, I thrived, discovering an identity as a certified Theatre Kid (mostly cast as old men, eccentrics, or eccentric old men) and director of short films for our VistaVision weekly TV broadcast.

In college, I dove even further into film and theatre, with several years in the Film Studies program at the University of Southern California and the University of Colorado at Boulder Theatre Department, before earning an MFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University.

Ever since, I’ve kept writing scripts for film and TV, finding a niche in sci-fi and coming-of-age stories. My goal is to write for TV, especially for the franchise that inspired me to study screenwriting: Star Trek.