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Alex Galvin
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Alex Galvin (born 1976) is a Wellington, New Zealand film director, novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Galvin, whose father, Badih, was part Lebanese, and mother, Noël, is a New Zealander, was born in New Zealand and has lived in Wellington from an early age. He received his secondary education at and attended Victoria University. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in linguistics and music history. He trained as an opera singer and has been a member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus since 1998. After working as a public servant, Galvin commenced study at the New Zealand Film School in 2003. He is presently employed as a policy manager at Victoria University. Galvin has written a novel, One Endless Day which was published in 2007., winning the Special Jury Prize at the California Film Awards and being nominated for four awards at the 2013 Madrid International Film Festival. The film was selected for screening at Cinema des Antipodes at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. The film cost about $NZ100,000 to make but has the production values of a large-budget feature.<ref name="Dom"/> 
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