Filmmaker Alex Scharfman rose to mainstream prominence directing Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega's offbeat horror comedy “Death of a Unicorn” (2025), which he called "a reimaging of unicorn mythology, all wrapped up in a classic creature feature structure that I think we’ve been deprived of for a while." Of course, Scharfman has been pushing boundaries in the industry for years, focusing mostly on shorter features. He directed short films like “Passing Thru” in 2010, and wrote and produced “Blow the Man Down” in 2019 and “Resurrection” in 2022, starring Rebecca Hall.