Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Kyle Patrick Alvarez (born 1983) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

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

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.

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

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes	Ref(s)
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	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]
2017	13 Reasons Why	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Tape 3, Side A"	[8]
		Yes	No	No	Episode: "Tape 3, Side B"	[8]
		Yes	No	No	Episode: "Tape 7, Side A"	[8]
2018		Yes	No	No	Episode: "Bye"	[9]
	Counterpart	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Outside In"	[10]
	Counterpart	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Something Borrowed"	[10]
2019	Tales of the City	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Three of Cups"
2020	Homecoming	Yes	No	No	All Episodes - Season 2	[11]

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