John Alexander

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.

Directed

1. Life on Mars (2006) — Director
2. Sense and Sensibility (2008) — Director
3. Belgravia (2020) — Director
4. Grace (2021) — Director
5. Jamestown (2017) — Director
6. The 7.39 (2014) — Director
7. Zen (2011) — Director
8. Teachers (2001) — Director
9. Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024) — Director
10. Trust Me (2017) — Director
11. Quirke (2014) — Director
12. Exile (2011) — Director
13. The Shadow in the North (2007) — Director
14. Small Island (2009) — Director
15. No Return (2022) — Director
16. White Heat (2012) — Director
17. Cutting It (2002) — Director
18. One Child (2014) — Director
19. Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008) — Director
20. Mosley (1998) — Director
21. Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video (1990) — Director
22. Modern Times (1995) — Director
23. The Mighty Leek (1987) — Director
24. Me and My Bike (1989) — Director
25. Get Out! (1992) — Director