Alfonso was born and raised in Laredo, Texas on the US/Mexico border.
He received his BFA from NYU and his MFA from AFI. He began his career
as personal assistant to Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron, Robert De Niro
and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. He has gone on to direct second unit
for Ms. Ephron, Inarritu, Scorsese, Kevin Macdonald, Ryan Murphy and
Ben Affleck (on the Academy Award-winning "Argo"). He has directed
acclaimed episodes of Glee and American Horror Story, as well as
numerous national commercials for the likes of T-Mobile and Chevrolet
(Super Bowl). He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directing For
a Miniseries for "American Horror Story: Coven," as well as for
Outstanding Miniseries as the show's Co-Executive Producer. He also directed
the pilot for Fox's "Red Band Society" which was picked up for series.
He just finished work on his second feature, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl for Indian Paintbrush, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2015.
Hunters(2020)
Chambers(2019)
The Current War(2017)
Citizen(2016)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl(2015)
Bleu de Chanel(2024)
Squarespace: Hello Down There(2024)
Bleu de Chanel(2010)
Lucky Numbers(2000)as Reporter
You've Got Mail(1998)as Party Guest
Casino(1995)as Shotgun Shooter
Margot vs. Lily(2016)
21 Grams: In Fragments(2004)
Argo(2012)
American Horror Story(2011)
The Eagle(2011)
Eat Pray Love(2010)
Julie & Julia(2009)
Babel(2006)
The Insider(1999)
Gloria(1999)
Spanglish(2004)
21 Grams(2003)
Phone Booth(2002)
La fuitina(2025)
Seeing Hearing Feeling(2025)
Pedro Páramo(2024)
Emily the Criminal(2022)
Last Night in Soho(2021)
Movie Mentors(2020)as Self
Hollywood Insider(2018)as Self
Made in Hollywood(2005)as Self
Rhapsody on the Rio Grande: A Confluence of Culture(2017)as Self
Ttys(2015)as Self
