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Alexander James Freeman
Alexander James Freeman is an American film director, producer, editor, screenwriter and disability advocate with cerebral palsy and a graduate of Emerson College. His company, OUTCAST PRODUCTIONS, is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Early Career
Alexander Freeman was born on June 19,1987 in Newton, Massachusetts and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts by his father, Patent Attorney John Welford Freeman and mother, Disability Policy Consultant Linda Colman Freeman. Freeman got his start in entertainment in 1993 at the age of six when he appeared as a child actor in a commercial for the Prudential Tower in Boston, Massachusetts.

While attending Brookline High School, Freeman made his first introduction to filmmaking at fourteen with The Ra Brook Trilogy, a camp-action series about a British secret agent who is the reincarnation of Jesus, sent to save the world from criminal masterminds. Freeman wrote, produced, directed and edited the series from 2002 to 2005 with a standard DV Cannon camcorder purchased by his father and featured Freeman's friends and teachers who volunteered to act.

Early and Mid 2000s
In 2006 after he wrote, produced, directed and edited his short film The Poet (2006) with the help of his family, friends and teachers, Freeman's work caught the eye of Boston producers Artemis Joukowsky, Dan B. Jones and Steve Marx of No Limits Media who financed Freeman's directorial debut short film The Raven (2008) with an $5,000 budget staring Paul Horn (Gone Baby Gone) and Marianne Ryan (American Experience: John and Abigail Adams) which premiered at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in 2008. In 2009 while at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Freeman independently wrote, produced, directed and edited his follow up short films The Tell-Tale Heart (2009) starring Paul Horn, and I Care: A Documentary About Independent Living released in 2013. I Care: A Documentary About Independent Living was inspired by the treatment he received at Fitchburg State University by his case manager at The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. The film was financed with a $4,000 budget given by the SEIU which Freeman secured after being internationally selected for the 2010 VSA AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Apprenticeship upon the submission of his film. Steve Marx, Freeman's mentor since The Raven collaborated on both films and donated his time and equipment to help Freeman's career.

Just before leaving UMass Amherst in 2010, Freeman got to work on another short film Meet Annabelle (2010) which he wrote, produced, directed and edited. Meet Annabelle was based on Freeman's own experience of feeling like a outsider while at UMass Amherst being a filmmaker at a school concentrated on science and research and unwelcoming of a film program at that time. Freeman made the film as a social commentary on disability, physical attraction, misperception and materialism drawn from what he observed from people he encountered.

Late 2000s
With these three films complete he applied and was admitted to Emerson College in 2011 were he majored in Film Production with a concentration in earning a B.A. in 2014. Freeman made multiple films at Emerson College but his breakthrough feature documentary The Last Taboo (2013) about the sexual lives of people with disabilities that he wrote, co-produced and directed on a $1,575 crowdfunded budget gained Freeman international recognition. In an interview with WBUR Former Senior Editor Margaret Evans, Freeman said “We might be in a chair, but everything still works. I’ve got a heart. I’ve got a mind, and I’ve got a body [...] Everyone deserves to be touched. People need to have the attitude of ‘Hey, I may not have done it before but, yeah, let’s give it a try.’" Later in an interview with ABC News Digital Reporter Susan Donaldson James, when she questioned Freeman regarding his film The Last Taboo in her article on disabled brothels in England, he said "If we are denied our right to sensuality, we are denied being human."

The Last Taboo
The Last Taboo, which won Best Screenplay at the 2013 BOSIFEST in Serbia, is being distributed by Amazon and Community_Channel (UK). The film is also being used by multiple universities and organizations including the Norwegian Health Department’s Medical Physicians Sexual Education program.

The Last Taboo also was chosen for Official Selection at:
 * 2013 10th European Film Festival: Integration You and Me
 * 2014 We Speak, Here Online Film Festival
 * 2015 New England Online Film Festival

The Wounds We Cannot See
Before leaving Emerson College, Freeman co-wrote, produced, co-directed and edited the short film A Life Imperfect (2013) which won 3rd Place in College Narrative at the 2014 MY HERO International Film Festival. Freeman's short film inspired the feature documentary The Wounds We Cannot See (2017) which he wrote, produced, directed and co-edited. The film was made possible with a $7,000 grant he received as the Winner of The HSC Foundation's National 2014 Advocates in Disability Award. Later, The Wounds We Cannot See won Best Feature Documentary at the 2016 Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival.

Freeman continues to make short films, music videos, public service announcements and is hoping to move into non-profit work. He is currently in development on a new feature documentaries called Crip Crap.