Alexander Olch

Olch studied at Collegiate School in New York City and at Harvard College.

His film work has played on HBO,{{cite web | last =Guerrasio | first =Jason | title =The Windmill Movie on HBO Tonight | publisher =Filmmaker Magazine | date = 28 October 2009 | url =http://filmmakermagazine.com/4446-the-windmill-movie-on-hbo-tonight/#.VGH9SpDF94E | accessdate = 11 November 2014}} IFC,{{Citation |title=No Vladimir (2000) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305900/companycredits |access-date=2022-10-14}} at Film Forum,{{cite web | last =Ansen | first =David | title =Documenting Art and Class: His Own | work =The New York Times | date =12 June 2009 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/movies/14anse.html | accessdate = 11 November 2014}} in the New York Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=Film Society of Lincoln Center |url=http://filmlinccom.siteprotect.net/archive/nyff/2008/program.html |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=filmlinccom.siteprotect.net}} and is part of permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite web |title=Alexander Olch. The Windmill Movie. 2008 {{!}} MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/165728 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=The Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}

He launched his eponymous design label in 2002. His design work is sold internationally at stores such as Bergdorf Goodman,{{cite web | last =Mauro | first =Sonja | title =Eye On: Alexander Olch | publisher =Mercedes-Benz | date =9 October 2014 | url =http://mb.mercedes-benz.com/en/104345/eye-on-alexander-olch-6/ | accessdate =11 November 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141111151139/http://mb.mercedes-benz.com/en/104345/eye-on-alexander-olch-6/ | archive-date =11 November 2014 | url-status =dead }} Barneys New York, Colette Paris{{cite web | last =Lo | first =Danica | title =New York's Alexander Olch Will Pop-Up at Colette Paris in January | publisher =Racked | date =23 December 2010 | url =http://racked.com/archives/2010/12/23/new-yorks-alexander-olch-will-popup-at-colette-paris-in-january.php | accessdate = 11 November 2014}} and Isetan.[http://isetan.mistore.jp.e.az.hp.transer.com/store/shinjuku/mens/brand_index/abc.html Isetan Website Retrieved 2014-10-30]

Olch has been featured in The New York Times,{{cite news | last =Koppel | first =Lily | title =Found Footage, and a View Through the Eyes of a Mentor | newspaper =The New York Times | pages =B1 | date =8 April 2006 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/nyregion/08windmill.html | accessdate = 11 November 2014}} Vanity Fair,{{Citation |title=none| newspaper =Vanity Fair | pages =112 | volume = 572 | date =April 2008}} Filmmaker Magazine,{{Citation |title=none| newspaper =Filmmaker Magazine | pages =59–61, 90–91 | date =Spring 2009}} Men's Vogue,{{Citation |title=none| newspaper =Men's Vogue | pages =124 | date =October 2007 | issue=Special Issue}} L’Uomo Vogue{{Citation |title=none| newspaper =L’Uomo Vogue | volume = 391 |date=May 2008}} and GQ.{{Citation |title=none| newspaper =GQ | pages = 16 | date =January 2010}}

His writing has appeared in The New York Times{{Cite web |title=Alexander Olch - T Magazine Blog |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/author/alexander-olch/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=archive.nytimes.com |date=22 February 2008 |language=en-US}}{{cite web | last =Olch | first =Alexander | title =For the Moment: The Luxury Box | work =The New York Times | date =20 February 2008 | url =https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/for-the-moment-the-luxury-box/ }} and The Wall Street Journal.{{Citation | title = Op-ed | journal =The Wall Street Journal | date =June 7, 2008}}

His short film work includes No Vladimir{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305900/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2|title=No Vladimir|accessdate=Nov 30, 2022|via=IMDb}} (2000) produced by Chantal Akerman and Ross McElwee. The Windmill Movie{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276996/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1a|title=The Windmill Movie|date=Jun 17, 2009|accessdate=Nov 30, 2022|via=IMDb}} (2009), starring Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban and Susan Meiselas was his debut feature.{{cite book | last =MacDonald | first =Scott | title = Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =November 2014 | pages =292–303 | isbn =978-0-19-938871-4}}{{cite book | last =MacDonald | first =Scott | title = American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn | publisher =University of California Press | date =June 2013 | isbn =978-0520275621}}

Alexander Olch x colette (2011) in Paris was his first pop-up store.{{cite web | last =Kan | first =Eugene | authorlink = | title =Alexander Olch at colette Launch | date =22 January 2011 | url =http://hypebeast.com/2011/1/alexandre-olch-at-colette-launch | accessdate = 11 November 2014}} Alexander Olch at 14 Orchard Street in New York City is his first flagship store{{cite news | last =Schneier | first =Matthew | title =Who Says a Woman Needs a Boyfriend for a Great Shirt?: Men's Designer Alexander Olch Leaping the Gender Gap | newspaper =The New York Times | pages =E4 | date =4 June 2014 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/fashion/mens-designer-alexander-olch-leaping-the-gender-gap.html | accessdate = 11 November 2014}}

Olch is the Founder of Metrograph, an independent movie house which opened in Manhattan in 2016.{{cite web | last =Tedder | first =Michael | authorlink = | title =John Waters, Greta Gerwig, Jim Jarmusch Turn Out for Metrograph Theater Opening | date =3 March 2016 | url =https://variety.com/2016/film/news/metrograph-theater-new-york-john-waters-1201722106/ | accessdate= 4 August 2016}}

• Artemin Goldberg: Custom Tailor of Brassieres (Short) (2000)
• No Vladimir (Short) (2000)
• The Windmill Movie (2008)

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