Alex Basco Koch

About

As creative director at Ghost Corporeal, Alex Basco Koch leads the creation of video content for concerts, theater, films, and immersive events. His work can be seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the US, and in Central and South America, Europe, and Japan.

His concert work includes Mariah Carey’s international Christmas tour, Dua Lipa’s Saturday Night Live performances, and Phish’s New Year’s Eve concerts at MSG. He created two nights’ worth of videos to play alongside the Magnetic Fields’ international tour 50 Song Memoir and released a dozen of the works as official music videos through Nonesuch Records.

Alex’s projection design work was featured in two films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, directed by Academy Award nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; and Miles Ahead, directed by and starring Don Cheadle. He co-directed Who Knows?, a short film mixing projection, puppetry, and live action. He was the director of photography and editor for My America Too, a series of shorts with director Kwame Kwei-Armah that premiered at Baltimore Center Stage. His work as a film producer and editor has been seen at the Tribeca Film Festival.

On Broadway: Be More Chill; Irena’s Vow. The West End: Be More Chill.

Off-Broadway & Downtown highlights: The Jonathan Larson Project (Orpheum Theatre); The Orchard (Baryshnikov Arts Center); Sabbath’s Theater (The New Group); Space Dogs (MCC); Buyer & Cellar (Rattlestick & Barrow Street); Fireflies (Atlantic Theater Company); I Was Most Alive With You (Playwrights Horizons).

Regional, International & Tours highlights: Indecent (the Guthrie Theater); The Who’s Tommy (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); the world premiere stage adaptation of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (Court Theatre; Studio Theatre; Huntington Theatre); Buyer & Cellar (National Tour and London premiere); Marley (Baltimore Center Stage); La Casa de los Espíritus (Repertorio Español; Teatro Espressivo, Costa Rica; Mori Theater, Chile).

Alex has been nominated for multiple Drama Desk, Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Innovative Theatre Awards.

Alex was an Artistic Associate at the Young Vic in London from 2020 to 2025, and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829.

Awards & Nominations

2025
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination The Jonathan Larson Project
2025
Gold Telly Award, General: Experimental The Bad Infinity
2023
Lucille Lortel Award Nomination The Orchard
2023
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination The Orchard
2022
Drama Desk Award Nomination Space Dogs
2022
Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination Space Dogs
2022
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination Nollywood Dreams
2022
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination Space Dogs
2019
Drama Desk Award Nomination Be More Chill
2019
Lucille Lortel Award Nomination Fireflies
2019
Lucille Lortel Award Nomination Be More Chill
2019
Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination Be More Chill
2019
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination Be More Chill
2019
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival — Winner: Best of Comedy You Look Amazing
2019
Portland Comedy Film Festival — Nominee: Best Comedy Film You Look Amazing
2019
Georgia Shorts Film Festival — Nominee: Best Comedy Film You Look Amazing
2016
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination The Wildness
2016
Connecticut Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Projection Design The Body of an American
2013
New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination PS Jones and the Frozen City
2012
Jeff Award Nomination Invisible Man
2011
New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination Feeder
2010
Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination ReEntry

Press

“The projections are dazzling.”
The New York TimesBe More Chill →
“Brilliant projection designs — among the most essential I've seen.”
Time Out ChicagoInvisible Man →
“Alex Basco Koch's projection design is nothing less than breathtaking.”
Theater PizzazzThe Orchard →
“A clear glimpse into the future of theatrics.”
BroadwayWorldThe Who's Tommy →