Executive producer, director and writer of film and television, Alex Graves was born on July 23, 1965, in Kansas City, MO. The son of Bill Graves of Graves Drug Store, Alex was raised in El Dorado, KS.

 

Alex attended the University of Kansas in for 2 years before transferring to study filmmaking at the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 1987.

 

He began his career with an independent film that he wrote and filmed on a low budget in the El Dorado area. The film was picked up for distribution by the Miramax studio, receiving favorable reviews.

 

Following that initial success, Graves went on to work extensively as a director and producer on many television dramas, including “The Practice”, “Ally McBeal”, and “The West Wing”.  He continues to work on films as well, writing and directing Casualties and currently on The Crusaders, which is scheduled for release in 2007.

Graves has won two Emmys for producing “The West Wing”, as well as winning the Producers Guild of America award.