Alexandra Patsavas (born 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American music supervisor who has worked on over sixty films and television series, most notably The O.C., Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl.

Biography

Career

Before the beginning of her professional career, Patsavas began as a college promoter at the University of Illinois, booking touring groups to bring to the campus, such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction, and from there she moved into her own music promoting business and worked in a talent-booking agency in Los Angeles. Since her professional debut in 1995, however, on the set of Criminal Hearts, she has worked in the music department of over sixty different films and television series. From there she joined the BMI music agency, then worked on over fifty Roger Corman B-movies, made-for-television movies and other films, until in 1999 she finally broke into television, with her own music company Chop Shop Music Supervision, on the series Roswell and began to work primarily on TV series, including Fastlane, Boston Public, Tru Calling, 1-800-Missing and Criminal Minds. In 2007 alone, she covered dozens of episodes of the series Without a Trace, Shark, Rescue Me and Mad Men, although her most notable work has been on the series The O.C., Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice, Supernatural, Chuck and Gossip Girl.