Suroosh Alvi
| Suroosh Alvi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 26, 1969 Toronto, Canada |
| Residence | New York City |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Known for | co-founder of VICE magazine |
Suroosh Alvi is the co-founder of VICE magazine, a youth media brand operating in 34 countries.[1] Alvi is a traveled journalist and an executive producer of film, covering global youth culture, news, and music. He has hosted and produced award-winning documentaries investigating controversial issues, movements, and subcultures, including conflict minerals in Congo, the Iraq war, and the rise of the Taliban of Pakistan.[2]
Early life
Suroosh Alvi was born on March 26, 1969 in Toronto to Pakistani parents,[3] and attended college at McGill University in Montreal where he studied Philosophy.[4]
Career
Suroosh Alvi launched VICE with Shane Smith and Gavin McInnes in Montreal in 1994.[5] Originally a punk magazine, VICE has expanded and diversified to include a network of online video channels, including VICE.com, TheCreatorsProject.com, Motherboard.tv and Fightland.com, Noisey.com and Thu.mp), a television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency and a book publishing division. Today VICE produces over 60 original video series, covering news to travel to music to arts to fashion, and has a network of correspondents and bureaus.
In 2014, Alvi will serve as a guest curator for the PHI Centre in Montreal and oversee a month's worth of programming.[5]
VICE Reporting
As a journalist, Suroosh Alvi has covered stories from around the world, reporting from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gaza Strip. He has produced and hosted documentaries for VICE News and VICE Travel series. Alvi most recently hosted segments for VICE's new series on HBO, VICE.
VICE Music
In 2002, Alvi created VICE Music, the company's record label which has partnered with over 50 artists and sold more than 7 million albums worldwide. Clients have included Snoop Lion, Action Bronson, Black Lips, Justice, Chromeo, The Streets, Bloc Party, and Death From Above 1979. In 2011, Alvi launched a partnership between VICE Music and Warner Bros. Records.[6][7]
VICE Film
In 2007, Alvi co-directed and executive produced the VICE Film, Heavy Metal in Baghdad - an original documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. The film was an official selection at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, and winner of Best Documentary at the 2008 Warsaw Film Festival.[8]
In 2012, Alvi traveled to Jamaica with VICE where he produced the feature length film, REINCARNATED, featuring Snoop Lion, along with Director Andy Capper. The film was accepted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and had its US premiere at the 2013 SXSW festival.[9]
Personal
Alvi now resides in New York City.
Filmography
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See also
- VICE (magazine)
References
- ↑ Brownstein, Bill (2000-11-30). Sex Carnival. ECW Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-1-55022-415-3. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ "Life after bin Laden in Pakistan". CNN. 7 July 2011.
- ↑ Spike Jonze Spends Saturday with Shane Smith, VICE, retrieved 12 June 2013
- ↑ "From Welfare to Media Empire". McGill News. 30 July 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "VICE Knows No Boundaries". Montreal Gazette. 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "Vice Launches Three-Year Global Partnership With Warner Bros. Records". Hollywood Reporter. 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "Vice Launches Three-Year Global Partnership With Warner Bros. Records". BillboardBiz. 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "Heavy Metal in Baghdad". Heavy Metal in Baghdad. 2007.
- ↑ "Filmmakers on Snoop Dogg's Jamaican Reincarnation". Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2012.
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