about me
Hi, I’m Ericka de Alexander (Eri). I’m an award winning queer Mexican-British filmmaker and actress. I was born and raised in Mexico and now live in Los Angeles. I studied TV and Film Production at USC, and I’m a Directing Member at the Alliance of Women Directors.
As a filmmaker, I’m drawn to stories that shine a light on dramatic themes of hopefulness, loss of innocence, and otherness. I have directing experience in narrative films, documentary, music videos, and web series. My most recent narrative work is “FLAMES”, a queer love story about the grief of letting go, which premiered at LA Shorts in 2025. I wrote, produced, directed and starred in the project. I also created, was the producing director, and lead actor in the queer magical realism web series “If The World Was Ending”, which has gained more than 200,000 views on YouTube.
For documentary work, my award winning short documentary “The Cleaning Lady” ( fiscally sponsored by Film Independent) had its world premiere at DOCNYC 2024, and got picked up by PBS to join their POV Shorts Series Season 7. It later won a Bronze Telly in the TV/General Short Doc category. This story follows the journey of an undocumented immigrant, Mari Reina, who spent 15 years in the US to be able to provide a better life for the family she left behind.
I’m currently in pre-production of my debut feature film, a magical realism drama titled “THE HOLLOW” (fiscally sponsored by Film Independent), which is set to start production in January 2026. I’m directing and starring in this project.
my films
FLAMES (Queer Drama short narrative)
LOGLINE: Mars creates a special bond with her one-night-stand, Cliff, as she tries to get over her ex-girlfriend, Ella.
SYNOPSIS: FLAMES is a poetic story that follows MARS, who grieves her breakup with ELLA. Struggling to get over her ex, Mars goes to the last place where she and her ex had good memories— a Tiki House in Joshua Tree. There, Mars tries to burn some of the most intimate memories she still has of her relationship— nude polaroids. As Mars struggles to move on from her relationship, she hooks up with a local male, CLIFF, at the Tiki House… but their hookup turns into something completely different.
FLAMES premiered at LA Shorts in 2025.
[I wrote, directed, produced, and starred in this project].
The Cleaning Lady (short doc)
LOGLINE: Over a decade ago, a loving mother of three, Marisol Reina, crossed the Mexico-U.S. border to provide a better life for her family, today she moves back home in hopes to reconnect with the family she once had to leave behind.
SYNOPSIS: The Cleaning Lady is the story of an undocumented immigrant and mother, MARISOL REINA (pseudonym), who 15 years ago made the difficult decision to cross the US-Mexico border leaving her 3 children (8, 18, 20 years old) back in her home country to provide them a better life, financially speaking. What had been originally a plan of working abroad for 1 or 2 years, turned into the slow fragmentation of a family that lasted 15 years, until one day Marisol made the decision that no financial stability is worth sacrificing the relationships of those you love for. Now, Marisol moves back to Mexico, where she reconnects with the family she once left to provide a better future for.
The Cleaning Lady premiered at DOCNYC 2024 (theatrical).
PBS POV Shorts S7 (broadcast premiere)
Won a Bronze Telly in 2025 in the TV/General Documentary: Short Form Category
[I directed, produced, shot, and edited this project].
If The World Was Ending (Queer Magical Realism Drama Web Series)
LOGLINE: If The World Was Ending follows a group of friends in their 20’s, each caught up in their own quarter-life crisis. Tonight, is New Year’s Eve, usually a time to celebrate. Only this year, the disillusioned friends learn the world will end in five days, forcing each of them to either take a chance or forever hold their peace.
If The World Was Ending is a 6-episode web series and has over 200K views on YouTube.
The pilot episode screened at the HollyShorts Monthly Screenings in 2023.
[I wrote, directed, produced, shot, and starred in this project].
https://www.youtube.com/@iftheworldwasendingofficial