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Pelosi was born and grew up in San Francisco, California, earned a B.A from [[Loyola Marymount University]] and graduated from [[University of Southern California]]'s [[USC Annenberg School for Communication|Annenberg School for Communication]] in 1993. She is the youngest of five children.
Pelosi was born and grew up in San Francisco, California, earned a B.A from [[Loyola Marymount University]] and graduated from [[University of Southern California]]'s [[USC Annenberg School for Communication|Annenberg School for Communication]] in 1993. She is the youngest of five children.


On June 18, 2005, she married Dutch journalist, lawyer, and United States correspondent [[Michiel Vos]] (born on December 19, 1970 in [[Groningen]], the [[Netherlands]]). Pelosi gave birth to their first child, a boy, on November 14, 2006, in New York.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1559031,00.html Nancy Pelosi a Grandma for the Sixth Time – Birth, Nancy Pelosi : People.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Pelosi had a second son on December 7, 2007, also in New York. <ref>[http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/speaker-pelosi-announces-birth-of-seventh-grandchild/]</ref> They live in [[Greenwich Village]].
On June 18, 2005, she married Dutch journalist, lawyer, and United States correspondent [[Michiel Vos]] (born on December 19, 1970 in [[Groningen]], the [[Netherlands]]). Pelosi gave birth to their first child, a boy named Paul, on November 14, 2006, in [[Greenwich Village]] New York.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1559031,00.html Nancy Pelosi a Grandma for the Sixth Time – Birth, Nancy Pelosi : People.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Pelosi had a second son Thomas on December 7, 2007, also in New York. <ref>[http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/speaker-pelosi-announces-birth-of-seventh-grandchild/]</ref> They live in [[Greenwich Village]].


==Filmography (as director)==
==Filmography (as director)==

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Alexandra Pelosi
Alexandra Pelosi and Jim McGreevey Fall to Grace.JPG
Pelosi at an HBO screening of her documentary about Jim McGreevey, Fall to Grace, in March 2013
Born (1970-10-05) October 5, 1970 (age 53)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationLoyola Marymount University, University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Director, cinematographer, producer, writer
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2005)​

2 children
Parent(s)Nancy Pelosi
Paul Pelosi
RelativesPaul Pelosi, Jr.
Christine Pelosi

Alexandra C. Pelosi (born October 5, 1970)[1] is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer based in New York City. She is the daughter of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi.[2]

Career

Alexandra Pelosi has made eleven HBO Documentary Films with Sheila Nevins. [3] In media interviews,Sheila Nevins has referred to Pelosi as her daughter.

After a decade working in network news, Pelosi made her first film in 2000, while working as a producer for NBC covering George W. Bush's presidential campaign. She brought along a handheld camcorder documenting 18 months of her experience on the campaign trail; the footage was used to create Journeys with George,[4] a documentary that earned her six Emmy nominations. In 2001, Sheila Nevins convinced Pelosi to leave network news to work exclusively for HBO.

During the 2004 Democratic primaries, Pelosi returned to the campaign trail, this time following the Democratic candidates. Her HBO documentary, Diary of a Political Tourist, was accompanied by her book Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows, about the process of selecting candidates for President of the United States. She stated that her conversations with Candy Crowley of CNN, Howard Dean, and Wesley Clark inspired her to write a book.

In 2006, she created the documentary about evangelical Christians called Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi which featured former pastor Ted Haggard. After it aired on HBO in 2007, she made a follow-up film, The Trials of Ted Haggard, chronicling the exile of Ted Haggard from New Life Church after his sex and drug scandal.

In 2008, Pelosi went back on the campaign trail to document the birth of the Tea Party movement at Republican campaign events for her film, Right America: Feeling Wronged - Some Voices from the Campaign Trail, which premiered on HBO on President's Day 2009.[2]

CNN reported in July 2010 that Pelosi was no longer making political documentaries. Her 2010 HBO film, Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County follows the children of the working poor in Orange County, California.[5]

In 2011, HBO debuted Pelosi's next film Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip. Pelosi traveled to all 50 states to attend naturalization ceremonies and interviewed immigrants as they became legalized American citizens. The film was released with a coffee table book entitled Citizen USA.

In 2013, Pelosi was at the Sundance Film Festival with her film, Fall To Grace, about disgraced former Gov. Jim McGreevey.

In 2015, Pelosi returned to San Francisco to make a film about the tech boom's impact on it. Variety called San Francisco 2.0 "one of her finest."[6] San Francisco 2.0 was nominated for an Emmy for best business reporting.

In 2016, Pelosi made a documentary for HBO "Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?" about money's influence in politics.[7]

Pelosi's eleventh HBO film project premiered in 2017, narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning David McCullough, The Words That Built America, [8] is a reading of the US Constitution read by all the living presidents, vice presidents, 50 US Senators of both parties and Supreme Court Justices etc. It also includes a reading of the Declaration of Independence read by The Rock, Meryl Streep, Robert Deniro, Robert Redford, Sean Hannity, Kid Rock, and other celebrities. [9]

According to the Port Arthur News, Pelosi is filming a new HBO film about what American towns look like after the media leaves.[10]

Personal life

Pelosi was born and grew up in San Francisco, California, earned a B.A from Loyola Marymount University and graduated from University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in 1993. She is the youngest of five children.

On June 18, 2005, she married Dutch journalist, lawyer, and United States correspondent Michiel Vos (born on December 19, 1970 in Groningen, the Netherlands). Pelosi gave birth to their first child, a boy named Paul, on November 14, 2006, in Greenwich Village New York.[11] Pelosi had a second son Thomas on December 7, 2007, also in New York. [12] They live in Greenwich Village.

Filmography (as director)

References

  1. ^ California Birth Index
  2. ^ a b Strauss, Gary (February 15, 2009). "'Alexandra Pelosi takes a hard 'Right' turn in documentary':". USA Today.
  3. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/style/sheila-nevins-leaving-hbo-documentary-films.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ James, Caryn (November 5, 2002). "' Food, Jokes and Few Issues on the Bush 2000 Campaign". The New York Times. p. C01.
  5. ^ Sellers, Pamela (July 24, 2010), "Alexandra Pelosi discusses film on homeless in the OC", CNN, retrieved July 25, 2010
  6. ^ Lowry, Brian (September 24, 2015). "TV Review: HBO's 'Fixing the System' With President Obama, 'San Francisco 2.0'". Variety. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  7. ^ Lowry, Brian (August 1, 2016). "Alexandra Pelosi's 'Meet the Donors' exposes billionaires who buy into politics". Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  8. ^ http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/339738-new-alexandra-pelosi-documentary-brings-together-gop-dem/. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ https://www.hbo.com/content/hboweb/en/documentaries/the-words-that-built-america/the-words-that-built-america.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.panews.com/2017/12/29/acclaimed-director-films-harvey-recovery-in-port-arthur/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ Nancy Pelosi a Grandma for the Sixth Time – Birth, Nancy Pelosi : People.com
  12. ^ [1]
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