Alex Karpovsky's first feature film, The Hole Story, won numerous awards on the festival circuit before being released theatrically last year. Filmmaker Magazine selected Alex as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film 2006" and he was shortlisted for the "Someone to Watch" Independent Spirit Award last year. In addition to "Woodpecker", Alex is also in post-production with the feature-length documentary "Trust Us, This Is All Made Up", which focuses on America's most revered long-form comedy improvisers - TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi. Alex also enjoys acting, most recently playing the male lead in a new film by Andrew Bujalski as well as the voices of several Russian gangsters in the newly released Grand Theft Auto IV. Alex can be reached at alex@woodpeckerfilm.com.