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Alex Buono

backstories Mar. 28, 2019

The Ingeniously Nerdy Filmmaking Secrets of Documentary Now!The IFC show’s directors break down, in extreme detail, how they pulled off the visual parodies of season three.

By Matt Zoller Seitz
Aug. 9, 2017

Inside ‘SNL’ and ‘Documentary Now!’ with Rhys Thomas and Alex BuonoIt’s unlikely that there are many kids out there whose dream is to direct and create pre-taped segments on Saturday Night Live. Of course, as […]

By Kenneth Arthur

Oct. 17, 2014

How ‘SNL’s Season 40 Title Sequence Came TogetherLast year SNL director of photography Alex Buono posted a lengthy blog entry about the making of the Wes Anderson parody “The Midnight Coterie […]

By Megh Wright
May 20, 2014

The 24 Best Sketches of ‘SNL’ Season 39With SNL’s 39th season coming to a close, we’re taking a look at the past season with a series of posts examining the highs, lows, and other […]

By Erik Voss
May 9, 2014

Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ Becoming ‘Saturday Night Pretaped’?Last year, in his third time hosting SNL, Zach Galifianakis gave us a wonderful sketch called “Darrell’s House.” The sketch came in two parts. […]

By Erik Voss