Alexandra Cassavetes

Xan Cassavetes ( born September 21, 1965 in Los Angeles, California as Alexandra Katherine Cassavetes ) is an American actress, screenwriter and director.

Life and career

Cassavetes is the daughter of director and actor John Cassavetes (1929-1989) and actress Gena Rowlands. Cassavetes has two siblings, the elder brother is the director Nick Cassavetes and Zoe R. Cassavetes 's younger sister. She has been married since March 12, 1995 and mother of two children.

As a child, Xan Cassavetes starred in four films directed by her father, there were several members of the family as an actor before the camera. As a five- year-old she had with her brother in the comedy Husbands as Xan with. In the film her father is seen with Peter Falk as a performer. The following year, she starred as a ballet dancer in Minnie and Moskowitz. Her mother played the female lead Minnie and Seymour Cassel male Part. your grandmothers Katherine Cassavetes and Lady Rowlands as Sheba, as Georgia made ​​their debut here as actresses. The father put his youngest daughter as a baby in the film. In A Woman Under the Influence, she played a minor role. As background singer she was seen in the comedy Love Streams. The leading roles were played in both films by their parents.

For their 30- minute short film Dust, she wrote the screenplay, directed, and stood as a performer in front of the camera. In the film drama Alpha Dog - Deadly friendships she played with her ​​sister Heather Wahlquist one small supporting role and was responsible as an assistant director for the second unit. In the movie Justin Timberlake celebrated his acting debut, and her brother has directed. She co-authored with Steve Winter the script for the sixth episode (Greenwich Village ) for the omnibus film New York, I Love You, where Allen Hughes directed and Bradley Cooper are seen with Drea de Matteo in the lead roles.

For the film Kiss of the Damned, she wrote the screenplay and also served as director behind the camera. The film was presented on November 7, 2012 at the Stockholm International Film Festival.