Alex Graves

Alex Graves
Alex Graves at the 2011 Wondercon.
Born	Alexander John Graves (1965-07-23) July 23, 1965 (age 51) Kansas City, Missouri
Occupation	Film director, television director, television producer, screenwriter

Alexander John "Alex" Graves (born July 23, 1965) is an American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter.

Alex Graves was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, William Graves, was a reporter for The Kansas City Star and his mother, Alexandra "Sandy" Graves, worked for United States Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas. His family moved to his father's home town of El Dorado, Kansas when he was young, when his father became a partner in the family drug store business. He graduated from El Dorado High School in 1983. Graves attended Kansas University and the University of Southern California where he earned a BA Degree in Film Production.

Graves began his work in television directing episodes of Ally McBeal, Sports Night and The Practice.

Graves is well known for his work directing 34 episodes of the series The West Wing, where he served as director, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, and ultimately executive producer. He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his production work on that series. He was also nominated for the Emmy for his direction of the episodes "Posse Comitatus" and "2162 Votes." He was awarded the Humanitas Prize for his work on the episode "NSF Thurmont."