Alejandro Hernández (director)

Alejandro Hernández (born 1990 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan filmmaker who became widely known in Latin America through The Alejandro Hernández Show, a comedy web series that satirizes Venezuelan and Hispanic culture, mostly in Spanish with some English sketches. He began with short films in both languages before creating his YouTube channel in 2009, and his videos there had passed eight million views by the time the source was written. In 2011 he signed with PlanetaUrbe.Tv, which hosted his episodes for a period, and he later returned to YouTube. He also composes songs and orchestral film scores for his own shorts. His science fiction short Alt was released in Venezuelan cinemas in January 2015 and won Best New Cinema Short at the ELCO Film Festival in 2014. His show drew criticism from a host on a Venezuelan government channel.