Known for Directing
Alexander "Alex" Proyas (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009), and Gods of Egypt (2016).
Born
September 23, 1963 (age 62)
Birthplace
Alexandria, Egypt
Filmography
60 films


Dark Sister
2025 · 24m
country: Australia
A gothic horror short about a woman on a remote estate who discovers a doppleganger with sinister intentions for her. A virtual studio production from Alex Proyas. A Vidiverse original.


Are These the Dying Days of Human Art?
2022 · 1m
country: Unknown
Artificial Intelligence imagery is coming of age. In this short video director Alex Proyas "tricks" the AI mid journey into producing crude animation effects from still images. But what is the cost to human creativity?
BOX
BOX
2022 · 8m
country: Australia
A woman who has been given a box to deliver to a destination which doesn't exist


Mask of the Evil Apparition
2021 · 20m
country: Australia
A young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with her twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.


Strange Nostalgia
2020 · 7m
country: Unknown
A haunting short film made mostly during the lockdown, employing various remote collaboration techniques. The film explores the themes of memory, past lives and parallel universes through layered montage inspired by movies from the German Expressionist and Noir eras.


Phobos
2019 · 12m
country: Unknown
A young woman loses her car one evening, and then can't shake the feeling that something is following her home.


Gods of Egypt
2016 · 2h 7m
country: Australia
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.


Knowing
2009 · 2h 1m
country: United Kingdom
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
2006 · 2h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Documentary covering Tovey's life and career up to his untimely death in 2002. It includes rare and unreleased tracks and live footage of legendary performances, as well as classic songs recorded both under his own name and his alter ego, Fad Gadget. Put together by Frank's family in conjunction with Mute, utilising the Mute and family archives, this collection features the very first Fad Gadget demos and footage of the reborn Fad Gadget supporting Depeche Mode in 2001.


Book of Dreams: Dream 1 - Frank's Dream
2005 · 12m
country: Australia
Alex Proyas' classic hilarious B-grade spoof FRANK'S DREAM. Made sometime around 2002, and not completed until 2005


I, Robot
2004 · 1h 55m
country: United States
In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.


Garage Days
2002 · 1h 45m
country: Australia
The story of a young Sydney band trying to get a foothold in the competitive world of rock n' roll. After the band's first gig is a colossal failure, the lead singer takes it upon himself to go out and pursue the most successful rock manager in the country. Meanwhile, the other members of the band continue to deal with the kind of everyday life issues that can ultimately tear a band apart. It may be the dawn of a new millennium, but it's still a long way to the top if you want to rock n' roll.


Dark City
1998 · 1h 41m
country: Australia
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.


Book of Dreams: Dream 7 - Ruben's Dream
1995 · 9m
country: Australia
A stressed-out Kafkian man called Ruben retells an embarrassing dream he had. In it, his overbearing mother takes him, naked and embarrassed, to a noirish department store to buy him clothes, a penis and a wife. He looks for a way out.


The Crow
1994 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.


Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland
1994 · 9m
country: Australia
Mona relates her dream. Crawling through an apparently endless wooden crate, she encounters diverse characters while the crate itself is moving towards a fiery destruction.


In Your Eye
1989 · 1m
country: United States
A long, long time ago Alex Proyas (Director of 1994's "The Crow", 1998's "Dark City" and 2004's "I, Robot") directed a 1 minute 14 second short movie called "In Your Eye", which was shown on MTV occasionally.


Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
1988 · 1h 37m
country: Australia
A religious brother and sister endure alone together in the post-apocalyptic Outback, until the sudden arrival of a stranger who helps them build a crude plane to fly out of the desert.


Strange Residues
1981 · 13m
country: Australia
Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?


Groping
1980 · 8m
country: Australia
This short student film by Alex Proyas and Salik Silverstein re-envisions the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder, offering a different explanation for the problem of witness nonintervention.