Person
John Alexander
Directing · Born 1961-10-18 · Peterlee, County Durham, England
Biography
John Alexander is an award winning British director of television drama who grew up in the East Durham Coal Field and joined the BBC as a post-graduate trainee. He produced a number of documentaries before directing drama. His works include Quirke, The 7.39, Sense and Sensibility, Small Island, Exile, One Child and Belgravia. Small Island won an International Emmy for Best Mini-Series, and Sense and Sensibility won the Magnolia Best Director Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Exile was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction and One Child was Royal Television Society-nominated for Best Director Fiction.
Known for
Grace
Director
Life on Mars
Director
Jamestown
Director
Cutting It
Director
Modern Times
Director
Sense and Sensibility
Director
Teachers
Director
Belgravia: The Next Chapter
Director
Trust Me
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Belgravia
Director
Filmography
- 2024Belgravia: The Next ChapterDirector
- 2022No ReturnDirector
- 2021GraceDirector
- 2020BelgraviaDirector
- 2017Trust MeDirector
- 2017JamestownDirector
- 2014One ChildDirector
- 2014QuirkeDirector
- 2014The 7.39Director
- 2012White HeatDirector
- 2011ExileDirector
- 2011ZenDirector
- 2009Small IslandDirector
- 2008Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than MeDirector
- 2008Sense and SensibilityDirector
- 2007The Shadow in the NorthDirector
- 2006Life on MarsDirector
- 2002Cutting ItDirector
- 2001TeachersDirector
- 1998MosleyDirector
- 1995Modern TimesDirector
- 1992Get Out!Director
- 1990Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The VideoDirector
- 1989Me and My BikeDirector
- 1987The Mighty LeekDirector
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