Alem is a Crimean Tatar-American documentary filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores displacement, memory, and resistance. Formerly a journalist and co-founder of The Kyiv Independent, they now create poetic nonfiction films that foreground cultural ritual and personal narrative amid political upheaval.

Their films have been shaped by time spent in Ukraine and by their Crimean Tatar heritage, often examining the emotional terrain of exile and identity.

Alem holds an MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and a BA in International Relations from Boston University.