Alexander Klebanoff
- Producer
- Actor
Alexander Klebanoff (born December 22, 1982) is a producer, founder of his New York-based independent development, production and finance company called Hirschhorn Klebanoff Entertainment or Hirschhorn and Klebanoff Productions, founder of his New York-based independent entertainment marketing firm called Linked Media, actor, entrepreneur and former art consultant. In addition to a career in the entertainment industry, he is an art dealer. The mission of his Company is to finance, develop and produce impactful, original and entertaining studio-quality action, crime, drama and thriller-focused films with commercial appeal. Klebanoff is writing a screenplay for an action thriller titled "The Disintegration Game" - a story about estranged partners who must team up together to discover what is reality and what is not reality within a thriller ride mysterious 'game'.
As of 2024, Klebanoff has served as co-executive producer and co-producer under his Company on the first "proof-of-concept" film release known as "The Decipio" (2021), which won a total of forty-two Awards and received eighteen Award nominations, for which Klebanoff won thirty-four Awards, and received eleven Award nominations presented by the juries of film festivals in the United States, Canada, Europe as well as India on the competitive global circuit. "The Decipio" was directed by Jason Gullifer, written by Deon Williams, and starred Klebanoff, and co-starred Deon Williams and Sandy Mölling known as the founding member of all-female European pop group No Angels. Klebanoff casted the film. He served as a marketing consultant under his firm Linked Media on the film. In the U.S. in the southeast in Atlanta, Georgia, the theatrical version of "The Decipio" premiered at the 17th Annual Academy Award Qualifying Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF) in 2022 chosen by the jury out of 5,000 submissions.
From the list of thirty-four Awards he won the "Remi Award" for "Best Suspense and Thriller" at Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival which is the oldest independent film festival in the world. Past recipients of the "Remi Award" include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Akira Kurosawa, and Robert Rodriguez. He won "Best Web Series/TV Pilot" at IndieX Film Festival and recipients include Abigail Breslin for "The Cannibals'". He won "Best Producer" and "Best Acting Ensemble" at Rome International Movie Awards. Recipients of "Best Producer" include Frank Stallone for "Stallone: Frank, That Is", documentary, and for "Stallone: Frank, That Is" the recipients of "Best Acting Ensemble" are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Jennifer Flavin, Frank Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Billy Zane, Burt Young, and Jackie Stallone. Additional recipients of "Best Acting Ensemble" include Malcom McDowell, Sally Kirkland, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, and Justin Chatwin for "The Walk". He won "Award of Merit: Special Mention" at Best Shorts Competition. Recipients include Alan Ritchson for "Tree House Time Machine".
In 2017, he began acting training for the first time in life coached by teacher Stan Roth in the Bay Area in California. Leonardo DiCaprio was a student. In 2018, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career. He has a former career in the commercial art world, the fine art industry, within all of the major areas in the business side in Manhattan, New York City. In 2004, he worked for Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski, the curator and consultant for Ronald Lauder at the time. He assisted with management of the collection of art of Ronald Lauder known as: "The Ronald S. Lauder Collection". He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Bard College in New York. In 2006, he was hired by then President Pierre Levai of leading global art gallery Marlborough Gallery. Pierre authorized Klebanoff and his colleague Eric Gleason to discover emerging and mid-career artists for representation by Marlborough in advance of the opening of their second space in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. He managed several of the visual artists, and was involved in client relations, and sales of artwork. In 2008, he worked at Christie's auction house within their Post-War and Contemporary Art Specialist Department. In 2009, he founded Alexander Klebanoff Associates, and in 2010 Hirschhorn Klebanoff Arts, both of which he independently operated. The business strategy was leading tours inside of various art galleries in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan comprised of individuals interested in learning more about contemporary artwork. He provided an in-depth insider's understanding of the power players and infrastructure of the fine art industry, in addition to consultation services. The topics discussed included an understanding of the sales of artwork sold at auction houses termed the global marketplace in the fine art industry, and the roles of gallerists, art dealers, art advisors, private and public collectors of artwork as well as identifying key emerging visual artists. He utilizes his business acumen as a founder and owner, film producer, and actor.
He is of Jewish, Russian and Polish ancestry. He is the son of Arthur M. Klebanoff, a literary agent, publishing executive, and founder of Rodin Books, and Susan B. Hirschhorn, a development consultant and the founding Executive Director of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) with BCRF Founder Mrs. Evelyn H. Lauder.
As of 2024, Klebanoff has served as co-executive producer and co-producer under his Company on the first "proof-of-concept" film release known as "The Decipio" (2021), which won a total of forty-two Awards and received eighteen Award nominations, for which Klebanoff won thirty-four Awards, and received eleven Award nominations presented by the juries of film festivals in the United States, Canada, Europe as well as India on the competitive global circuit. "The Decipio" was directed by Jason Gullifer, written by Deon Williams, and starred Klebanoff, and co-starred Deon Williams and Sandy Mölling known as the founding member of all-female European pop group No Angels. Klebanoff casted the film. He served as a marketing consultant under his firm Linked Media on the film. In the U.S. in the southeast in Atlanta, Georgia, the theatrical version of "The Decipio" premiered at the 17th Annual Academy Award Qualifying Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF) in 2022 chosen by the jury out of 5,000 submissions.
From the list of thirty-four Awards he won the "Remi Award" for "Best Suspense and Thriller" at Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival which is the oldest independent film festival in the world. Past recipients of the "Remi Award" include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Akira Kurosawa, and Robert Rodriguez. He won "Best Web Series/TV Pilot" at IndieX Film Festival and recipients include Abigail Breslin for "The Cannibals'". He won "Best Producer" and "Best Acting Ensemble" at Rome International Movie Awards. Recipients of "Best Producer" include Frank Stallone for "Stallone: Frank, That Is", documentary, and for "Stallone: Frank, That Is" the recipients of "Best Acting Ensemble" are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Jennifer Flavin, Frank Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Billy Zane, Burt Young, and Jackie Stallone. Additional recipients of "Best Acting Ensemble" include Malcom McDowell, Sally Kirkland, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, and Justin Chatwin for "The Walk". He won "Award of Merit: Special Mention" at Best Shorts Competition. Recipients include Alan Ritchson for "Tree House Time Machine".
In 2017, he began acting training for the first time in life coached by teacher Stan Roth in the Bay Area in California. Leonardo DiCaprio was a student. In 2018, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career. He has a former career in the commercial art world, the fine art industry, within all of the major areas in the business side in Manhattan, New York City. In 2004, he worked for Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski, the curator and consultant for Ronald Lauder at the time. He assisted with management of the collection of art of Ronald Lauder known as: "The Ronald S. Lauder Collection". He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Bard College in New York. In 2006, he was hired by then President Pierre Levai of leading global art gallery Marlborough Gallery. Pierre authorized Klebanoff and his colleague Eric Gleason to discover emerging and mid-career artists for representation by Marlborough in advance of the opening of their second space in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. He managed several of the visual artists, and was involved in client relations, and sales of artwork. In 2008, he worked at Christie's auction house within their Post-War and Contemporary Art Specialist Department. In 2009, he founded Alexander Klebanoff Associates, and in 2010 Hirschhorn Klebanoff Arts, both of which he independently operated. The business strategy was leading tours inside of various art galleries in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan comprised of individuals interested in learning more about contemporary artwork. He provided an in-depth insider's understanding of the power players and infrastructure of the fine art industry, in addition to consultation services. The topics discussed included an understanding of the sales of artwork sold at auction houses termed the global marketplace in the fine art industry, and the roles of gallerists, art dealers, art advisors, private and public collectors of artwork as well as identifying key emerging visual artists. He utilizes his business acumen as a founder and owner, film producer, and actor.
He is of Jewish, Russian and Polish ancestry. He is the son of Arthur M. Klebanoff, a literary agent, publishing executive, and founder of Rodin Books, and Susan B. Hirschhorn, a development consultant and the founding Executive Director of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) with BCRF Founder Mrs. Evelyn H. Lauder.
