Alexandra "Xan" Cassavetes (born 21 September 1965) is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of Greek-American actor-director

John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often self- ...

and actress

Gena Rowlands Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (; June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy, Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and ...

. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. She is the sister of actor-director

Nick Cassavetes Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as '' She's So Lovely'' (1997), '' John Q.'' (2002), '' The Notebook'' (2004), ''Alpha Dog'' (2006), and '' My Sister's K ...

and actor-screenwriter-director

Zoe Cassavetes Zoe Rowlands Cassavetes (born June 29, 1970) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is the daughter of filmmaker John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is best known for her 2007 film '' Broken English''. Career C ...

. Cassavetes directed the 2004 documentary '' Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession'', which explores the historic influence of the cable television station

Z Channel The Z Channel was one of the early pay television stations in the United States (1974–1989) best known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films"Film-News and Notes." '' Daily News of Los Angeles'' October 3, 19 ...

. The film won acclaim, and screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, Cassavetes wrote and directed her first dramatic feature, the vampire tale '' Kiss of the Damned''.

Filmography

;Actress ;Writer and director

References

External links

Z Channel official website
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Alexandra Cassavetes – la Repubblica.it
Living people 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American women writers Actresses from Los Angeles American people of Irish descent American people of Welsh descent American women film directors American women screenwriters American writers of Greek descent

Alexandra Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; ...

Film directors from Los Angeles Screenwriters from California Writers from Los Angeles 1965 births {{US-film-director-stub