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Birthplace
London, England
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Birthday
May 26, 1970Deathday
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Alex Garland
Alexander "Alex" Medawar Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, producer and director, known for his work as the screenwriter of 28 Days Later (2002) and as the writer and director of Ex Machina (2014) and Annihilation (2018). He also wrote and directed all eight episodes of his television debut, Devs (2019).
Alex Garland awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | Winner Silver Méliès Award | Best European Fantastic Feature Film (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2016 | CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition | Winner Golden Eagle | Narrative Content: Feature - Live Action (Alex Garland, A24) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Directors Guild of America, USA | Winner DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film (Alex Garland, Sara Desmond, Nick Heckstall-Smith, Ray Kenny) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner OFCC Award | Best First Film (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Online Film & Television Association | Winner OFTA Film Award | Best Feature Debut (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Winner Directors to Watch | (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Seattle Film Critics Awards | Winner Seattle Film Critics Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | Winner Silver Scream Award | (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Winner BSFC Award | Best New Filmmaker (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | British Independent Film Awards | Winner British Independent Film Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | British Independent Film Awards | Winner British Independent Film Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Calgary Underground Film Festival | Winner Audience Award | Best Narrative Feature (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Winner CFCA Award | Most Promising Filmmaker (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Gérardmer Film Festival | Winner Jury Prize | (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Imagine Film Festival, NL | Winner Silver Scream | Audience award (Alex Garland, Universal Pictures UK) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Winner Sierra Award | Breakout Filmmaker of the Year (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | New York Film Critics, Online | Winner NYFCO Award | Best Debut as Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online | Winner Screenplay Competition | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Winner TFCA Award | Best First Feature (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2004 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Winner Chainsaw Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | 28 Days Later |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Golden Scythe Horror Awards | Nominee Golden Scythe | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2022 | Bram Stoker Awards | Nominee Bram Stoker Award | Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2022 | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | Nominee IFJA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2022 | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | Nominee IFJA Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2022 | Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | Nominee Narcisse Award | Best Film (Alex Garland) | Men |
| 2019 | CinEuphoria Awards | Nominee CinEuphoria | Best Screenplay - International Competition (Alex Garland) | Annihilation |
| 2019 | Faro Island Film Festival | Nominee Golden Carp Film Award - International | Best Screenplay (Jeff VanderMeer, Alex Garland) | Annihilation |
| 2019 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer) | Annihilation |
| 2018 | Bram Stoker Awards | Nominee Bram Stoker Award | Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Annihilation |
| 2018 | Fright Meter Awards | Nominee Fright Meter Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Annihilation |
| 2018 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Nominee Halfway Award | Best Adapted Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Annihilation |
| 2017 | Bodil Awards | Nominee Bodil | Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | AACTA International Awards | Nominee AACTA International Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Academy Awards, USA | Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Nominee EDA Award | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film | (Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee BAFTA Film Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee BAFTA Film Award | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee Critics Choice Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Nominee COFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | CinEuphoria Awards | Nominee CinEuphoria | Best Film - International Competition (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Denver Film Critics Society | Nominee DFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | Nominee Breakthrough Award | (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | Nominee GAFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Nominee INOCA | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Nominee ALFS Award | Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Nominee NCFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Bradbury Award | Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2016 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Nominee Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Austin Film Critics Association | Nominee AFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee ACCA | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | British Screenwriters' Awards | Nominee British Screenwriters' Award | Best British Feature Film Writing (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee CFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | European Film Awards | Nominee European Film Award | European Screenwriter (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee FFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Nominee Golden Schmoes | Best Screenplay of the Year (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Nominee ICP Award | Best First Feature (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Nominee ICP Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Nominee Halfway Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Nominee Halfway Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee KCFCC Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee KCFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Phoenix Critics Circle | Nominee PCC Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Phoenix Critics Circle | Nominee PCC Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee PFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Movie (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee SDFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Nominee SFFCC Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Nominee SLFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Village Voice Film Poll | Nominee VVFP Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee WAFCA Award | Best Director (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2015 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee WAFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Ex Machina |
| 2011 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Alex Garland) | Never Let Me Go |
| 2011 | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Never Let Me Go |
| 2010 | British Independent Film Awards | Nominee British Independent Film Award | Best Screenplay (Alex Garland) | Never Let Me Go |
| 2010 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee PFCS Award | Best Screenplay - Adaptation (Alex Garland) | Never Let Me Go |
| 2004 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Alex Garland) | 28 Days Later |
| 2004 | Chlotrudis Awards | Nominee Chlotrudis Award | Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) | 28 Days Later |
| 2004 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Danny Boyle, Alex Garland) | 28 Days Later |
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