Alexander Yves Brunner

Alex Brunner is an agent in the Independent Film Group at leading talent and literary agency UTA, where he focuses on the global finance, packaging, and distribution strategies for independent and co-financed feature films. Titles he has been instrumental in include: The Personal History of David Copperfield, Seberg, The Report, Ironbark, The Earthquake Bird, Peppermint, Miss Sloane, First They Killed My Father, and Hidden Figures. Prior to joining UTA in 2014, Brunner was one of the original co-founders of the independent film and international sales company Exclusive Media, as well its awards winning documentary arm Spitfire Pictures. In his various roles from 2003 to 2014 Brunner helped build the company from a start-up to a major production firm, and worked on titles including Rush, End of Watch, The Ides of March, Undefeated, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, The Woman in Black, and Begin Again. Additionally, he personally produced Let Me In, snitch, The Way Back, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth, and Dark Places. Prior to joining Spitfire Brunner worked at Intermedia Films. At the time Intermedia was one of the world's leading independent producers and distributors of major motion pictures, responsible for hits such as The Wedding Planner, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and K-19: The Widowmaker. Brunner started his Hollywood career at International Creative Management (ICM), working under agents in both the Motion Picture Literary and Production departments of the firm. Before ICM, Brunner worked for Hong Kong's largest movie studio, Golden Harvest Films, working on productions such as Jackie Chan's First Strike and Super Cop, as well as project managing the development of a new studio facility in Hong Kong. Brunner was born in London, raised in Hong Kong and the U.K., and educated at Ampleforth College and Boston University.