Alexander (Sasha) Kargaltsev is a Russian-born American artist, writer, photographer, actor and film director.

[10] Kargaltsev's debut as a theatre director was the play The Net, staged in Dixon Place in New York.

[11] He directed the play Crematorium, based on a story written by Russian playwright Valeriy Pecheykin.

The play was staged in its abridged version at New York's Shelter Studios and Gene Frankel Theatre.

[12][13] At the time of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Alexander Kargaltsev responded to a controversial photo of Russian-American gallerist Dasha Zhukova.