Alex Orr was born in the suburbs of Atlanta. He worked as magician in Underground Atlanta while studying film, creative writing and theatre at Georgia State University. Eager to learn the craft of filmmaking, Orr worked as a first assistant director on several independent features and the reality television series for TLC, Miami Ink. Orr has been making short films and developing feature length scripts with the collective for the last six years. Blood Car is his feature film debut.