Alex Pugsley

{{Short description|Canadian writer and filmmaker}}

Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker,Allison Lawlor, "Pugsley sets debut coming-of-age novel in Halifax". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, July 13, 2020. most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles."Dirty Singles: Novelist, TV writer Pugsley turns director". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 13, 2014.

In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.Andy Lamey, "Toronto novel reads like sociological tract". The Globe and Mail, May 21, 1994.

As a filmmaker, he directed the short films The Pargonopers (1997), James O'Reilly in Parkdale (1997),Jennie Punter, "Anything goes at shorts fest". Toronto Star, May 29, 1998. and Fidelio (1998)."Short films to air". The Daily Gleaner, April 2, 1998. He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series My Best Friend Is an Alien, Liocracy,Marla Cranston, "Liocracy premiere tomorrow". Halifax Daily News, November 10, 2002. The Eleventh Hour, The Gavin Crawford Show,Peggy Curran, "Sketch comedy drawn well". Montreal Gazette, February 12, 2002. The Jane Show,"THE JANE SHOW - A Global Television Series Premiere". Canada NewsWire, May 15, 2006. Baxter,"Family Channel gets an education in the performing arts with premiere of new original series, Baxter". Canada NewsWire, May 11, 2010. 15/Love, Life with Derek and Hudson & Rex.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/09/23/hudson-rex-showrunner-derek-schreyer-teases-season-2/ "Hudson & Rex showrunner Derek Schreyer teases Season 2"]. TV, eh?, September 23, 2019.

His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020.Brett Josef Grubisic, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/06/19/set-in-halifax-exuberant-freewheeling-stories-about-the-insanity-of-being-human.html "Set in Halifax: Exuberant, freewheeling stories about the insanity of being human"]. Toronto Star, June 19, 2020. He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/66-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283875 "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022"]. CBC Books, January 11, 2022.