She was a writer on the video game Syndicate.

She wrote Episode 6, season 3 of Deadwood: “A Rich Find” (for which she was nominated for a WGA award) and was a staff writer and associate producer on John From Cinicinnati. Lambert has written for a number of magazines including Stop Smiling, ArtForum, The LA Weekly, and Filmmaker Magazine, to name a few. She has directed numerous shorts and music videos including You As You Were for the band Shearwater (Sub Pop) and Tiffany (POV). She is currently directing the feature-length documentary, Goodbye, Fat Larry. She has directed and produced two other feature-length documentaries Bayou Blue (made in collaboration with David McMahon) and Mentor. She went on to produce additional segments of Nightline as well as 7 segments for the PBS series LIFE 360.

Alix Lambert's feature-length documentary The Mark of Cain was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, received an honorable mention from the French Association of Journalism, and aired on Nightline.

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