The Bucket List Buddy
Alex's Journey
I’m Alex Black, a 38-year-old filmmaker, creative director and founder of AlexBlackVideo. The Bucket List Buddy is the next chapter: a personal travel IP built from years behind the camera, a lifelong obsession with cinema, and the belief that the things we dream about should eventually become real.
The beginning
I graduated from the American School of Paris, where I was already studying filmmaking, analog photography and theater. After high school, I joined EICAR in Paris, in the Directing section, with a strong focus on 1st Assistant Director work. During those years, I was also acting, doing stunts, working with model and advertising agencies, and chasing a dream that always felt slightly too loud for the room: making action movies.
The first time I ever stepped onto a film set was in 2006, on Rush Hour 3. Later, an internship in the casting department at Canal+ opened doors to sketches, commercials, music videos, extra work, silhouettes, small acting parts and a few stunts. It was not glamorous every day. But it was real. And it taught me how productions move, how sets breathe, and how much discipline sits behind every image.
The turning point
In 2014, I met DevinSuperTramp, one of my favourite YouTubers, while working around the Assassin’s Creed in Paris video. He encouraged me to buy a Glidecam and start building my own action and adventure channel in Europe.
So I did. I went to Frenzy Palace in Perpignan, France, and filmed what became my first real breakthrough: cheerleaders, athletes, a flyboard when it was still brand new, water jumps, movement, energy and a very clear idea of what I wanted my work to feel like.
The video that moved my channel from a small beginning to a real adventure platform.
Very quickly, people started asking me to be a drone pilot, a filmmaker, a producer and sometimes the person willing to do the uncomfortable shot. I worked with brands, athletes and influencers, learning how to create images that had to perform, not just look beautiful.
Over several years, I filmed with Tibo InShape on workout videos, stunt-driven concepts, the Mirage 2000 project with the Armée de l’Air, and a martial arts video with Franck Ropers where I ended up lying on a plank of nails while a brick was smashed on my stomach.
I also travelled to Chernobyl to film a documentary-style project, and joined Team Supertramp in Tignes for the ski ramp bungee jumping video, handling much of the pre-production, bookings and behind-the-scenes filming.
A colder, more documentary-driven chapter of my travel and storytelling work.
AlexBlackVideo
In 2021, after COVID had hit the industry hard, I founded AlexBlackVideo. I moved into corporate production, brand films, events, photography and communication workshops, while still carrying the same dream: to build something of my own, not just film other people’s stories.
Today, AlexBlackVideo gives The Bucket List Buddy a professional production backbone: directing, filming, editing, client delivery, creative strategy and the discipline needed to turn a good idea into a finished project.
The new chapter
In May 2026, I decided to restructure my life and focus on the world I wanted to work in next: hotels, travel, luxury brands, destinations, experiences and stories worth remembering.
The Bucket List Buddy is my original travel IP: a cinematic world built around bucket-list adventures, premium experiences, sport, challenges, community, charity, entrepreneurship, feeling lost, pushing through and continuing to strive toward lifelong goals.
And then came Bathrobe Guy: a self-aware luxury-travel character with high standards, quiet chaos and enough honesty to make premium travel feel funny, human and shareable. He is not the whole brand. He is the viral hook that opens the door to the bigger story.
Where this is going
The next step is to turn the momentum into 21–25 minute travel episodes filmed around the world, while helping hotels, resorts, destinations and brands create content that feels cinematic, human and built for the platforms people actually watch.