About

Known credits:
11
Birthday:
1961-10-18
Place of birth:
Peterlee, County Durham, England
Website:
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John Alexander

Overview

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

Directing
2014 One Child Directing Director 69
Fair
2014 The 7.39 Directing Director 68
Fair
2012 White Heat Directing Director 67
Fair
2008 Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Sense and Sensibility Directing Director 73
Good
2007 The Shadow in the North Directing Director 59
Average
1998 Mosley Directing Director 59
Average
1990 Kate Bush: Sensual World Directing Director 59
Average
1989 Me and My Bike Directing Director N/A
N/A
1987 The Mighty Leek Directing Director N/A
N/A

Production
2022 No Return Production Executive Producer 67
Fair