Alexander Jovy (born 27 January 1971) is a film director.
[1] He was born in Berlin, but his family soon went to live in Switzerland.
[2] He quit his job as a solicitor in order to direct films, and, with little formal training, he produced a short film called Holiday Romance which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1998.
His latest working production is called Cyrus, based on the life of Cyrus the Great, which is claimed to be "the biggest independent financed film in history".
[3] In 2009, Jovy directed The Flirting Club starred actors who auditioned online and were voted for by the public.