Creative Producer  /  Geneva

David
Alexander

Meeting People.
Making Videos.

YearTitleClient / Platform 
UNHCR — United Nations, 2021–Present
2024
The Fire Brigade The New Yorker
Climate and conflict converge in Mauritania. Produced with UNHCR.
The New Yorker Documentary
2024
Sudan: One Year of War TIME
Op-doc with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi on the Sudan crisis.
TIME Ideas Op-Doc
2023
Meheba: From Refuge to Resilience UNHCR
A refugee settlement becomes a hub of self-reliance. Zambia.
UNHCR
Freelance — Foundations, Philanthropy & Editorial
2022
World AIDS Day Elton John AIDS Foundation
Campaign film for the Elton John AIDS Foundation marking World AIDS Day.
EJAF
2018
Starkey + Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Initiative Starkey / CTAOI
Field film documenting hearing missions across Africa.
Starkey / CTAOI
2017
Virgin Unite + Starkey Hearing Foundation Virgin Unite
Documenting the partnership between Virgin Unite and Starkey Hearing Foundation.
Virgin Unite
2016
The Refugee Rapper The Atlantic
A Syrian refugee finds his voice through hip-hop in a Lebanese camp.
The Atlantic
2013
Digital Jobs Africa Rockefeller Foundation
How digital employment is transforming livelihoods across the continent.
Rockefeller Foundation
2013
Chhouk: The Elephant with a Prosthetic Foot Wildlife Alliance
A young elephant's survival story in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
Wildlife Alliance
Video Blogs — Personal Work
2022
Where the Rhône Meets the Arve
A strange and beautiful natural phenomenon at the confluence of two Geneva rivers.
Personal
2021
Switzerland Vlog Personal
Life in Geneva — personal dispatches from Switzerland.
Personal
2020
London Lockdown Day 1 Personal
A video diary from the first day of lockdown in London.
Personal

Everything
is interesting.

My work sits at the intersection of journalism, documentary filmmaking, and strategic communications — shaped by over 15 years working in complex international environments, usually with a camera close by. I create emotive, visually driven narratives that make complicated issues feel immediate, relatable, and real.

Based Geneva, Switzerland
Current Video Production Officer, UNHCR — since 2021
Education M.S., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2011
David Alexander
Published in
The New Yorker TIME Wall Street Journal The Atlantic ABC News The Economist Mashable

Be
in touch.

Phone

+1 310-666-7885

Location

Geneva, Switzerland