Alex Greenfield is an American film and television writer and producer, born to a father who was a renowned UFOlogist and occult researcher. As a young child, Alex accompanied his father on an investigation of the Great UFO Wave of 1973, which sparked his interest in the paranormal. Throughout his childhood, he was actively involved in field studies, exploring topics such as the haunting of Christ Church on St. Simon's Island and the poltergeist activity of Atlanta's Brookwood Hotel.
Alex's academic journey was unconventional, as he dropped out of high school after three semesters and spent four years playing in rock bands and working in bars on a fake ID. In 1993, he was accepted to Vermont's Marlboro College, where he majored in history and media studies and graduated with highest honors in 1997. To support himself through school, Alex worked at a psychiatric hospital.
After graduating, Alex moved to Los Angeles and pursued various jobs in the entertainment industry. He worked as a script reader, extra, assistant, on-air promotions writer, and literary manager, while continuing to write screenplays. In 2004, he landed his first feature writing assignment and went on to complete two more low-budget movies. Alex's breakthrough came when he was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment and quickly rose through the ranks to become the head writer of WWE Smackdown! in 1999.
In 2006, Alex's supernatural thriller, "Childish Things," won the Screamfest Horror Film Festival prize for Best Screenplay, co-written with Mike Eitelman. He has since written numerous television movies and mini-series. In 2011, Alex won several awards from Amazon.com's new film and television division, Amazon Studios, for his screenplays "The Temple" and "My Father's House." He also won a competitive grant and produced "The Temple" as a motion comic.
