Alex Buono is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and comedy specialist working with Prettybird (US/UK). He is best known for parody, sketch, and mockumentary forms, bridging a long Saturday Night Live Film Unit cinematography tenure and series directing—Documentary Now!, Netflix’s Russian Doll Season 2 (Series Director and Executive Producer), and Peacock’s Based On A True Story pilot—into branded entertainment. Recent brand work centers on e.l.f. Cosmetics’ Cosmetic Crime Series, including the ~10-minute true-crime mockumentary Vanity Vandals | A True Story of e.l.f. Obsession (2026), a star-led piece with Phoebe Dynevor and Christopher Sky that uses 911-call openers, bird’s-eye police staging, and black-and-white crime-scene stills; he has also directed e.l.f. work featuring Joey King. In 2022 he directed Christmas Bites, the U.S. comedy short in Coca-Cola’s Prime Video holiday anthology Christmas Always Finds Its Way (Real Magic Presents), a vampire-meets-the-parents comedy with Imagine Entertainment, OpenX/Grey, and Prettybird. The project earned a One Show Bronze Pencil (Branded Entertainment Long Form Video Series/Episodic) and Cannes Lions Silver (Entertainment: Brand Partnerships, Sponsorships & Collaborations). Matching strength sits in performance comedy, satire, docu-parody grammar, celebrity-led long-form branded entertainment, and dialogue-driven storytelling.