Alexandra Roberts (Canada)
Commissioning Editor, Docs
TVO

Alexandra Roberts is the Commissioning Editor of Documentaries at TVO, where she oversees the channel’s slate of co-productions, pre-buys, and acquisitions.

She brings with her a decade of experience in forward-thinking and ambitious storytelling across both scripted and unscripted film and TV with partners like HBO, CTV, Roku, CBC, and Peacock among others. Her first commission, Your Tomorrow, had its world premiere at TIFF in 2024 and will be available in Canada spring 2025. As a producer, her scripted feature, SOFT, premiered at TIFF in 2022 and went onto both screen and sell within Canada and internationally.


Company Bio

TVO is a Canadian public broadcaster that reaches audiences nationally through its online platforms and across Ontario via its linear channel. TVO commissions and acquires programs across a variety of areas, including current affairs, history, arts, science, nature, POV stories, and beyond. The organization’s slate of award-winning films and series include To Kill a Tiger, There Are No Fakes, Beethoven’s Nine, and the first English language version of Old Enough! based on the Japanese original format.