Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles. In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will. His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020. He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022.