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 alexis krasilovsky filmmaker , writer , professor
alexis krasilovsky

alexis krasilovsky -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is an american filmmaker , writer and professor .
krasilovsky 's first film , `` end of the art world '' documented artists including andy warhol and robert rauschenberg .
krasilovsky moved from new york to los angeles in the 1970s to pursue her passion for filmmaking , writing and directing films through her company , rafael film .
she is the writer and director of the global documentary features , `` women behind the camera '' and `` let them eat cake -lrb- pastriology.com -rrb- '' -lrb- currently in production -rrb- .
krasilovsky , born 1950 in juneau , alaska , is the daughter of children 's book author phyllis krasilovsky and entertainment attorney william krasilovsky .
she grew up in chappaqua , new york , in a home that was previously lived in by the editor of the famous novelists thomas wolfe and richard wright , who became two of her favorite writers .
after studying at smith college and the university of florence in italy , she graduated with honors from yale university and received her mfa in film/video from the california institute of the arts .
