About Lexi Alexander
Alexandra Mirai, known professionally as Lexi Alexander, is a German-Palestinian-American filmmaker and martial artist. A former competitor in karate-point fighting and kickboxing, Alexander entered the film industry as a stunt performer, before earning an Academy Award nomination for her debut short film Johnny Flynton (2002). She subsequently directed Green Street (2005), a crime drama about British football hooliganism, and Punisher: War Zone (2008), an adaptation of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. In 1994, at the age of 19, Alexander became the World Kickboxing Association world champion in karate-point fighting in Atlantic City. The first film Alexander directed was called Johnny Flynton, a short film that was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003. In 2005, Alexander directed her first full-length feature film called Green Street, also known as Green Street Hooligans, or Hooligans. She won the German point fighting championships four times and the European championships two times.
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