Background
Rockwell is the grandson of the Russian animator Alexandre Alexeieff who invented the pinscreen. His father was also an actor and filmmaker.
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Rockwell is the grandson of the Russian animator Alexandre Alexeieff who invented the pinscreen. His father was also an actor and filmmaker.
His mother, Svetlana Rockwell, was born in Paris and emigrated to the United States to marry Alex"s father. She was a painter. Rockwell grew up in Cambridge, Master of Arts and moved to New York City in his early 20"son Beals introduced Sam Rockwell to Alexandre, who has subsequently cast Sam in four of his films.
They are not related.
Rockwell currently teaches directing at New York University"s graduate film school and resides in Los Los Angeles