Alex Garland

Alexander Medawar Garland born 26 May 1970 is an English author screenwriter and director He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach 1996 He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later 2002 and Sunshine 2007 as well as Never Let Me Go 2010 and Dredd 2012 In video games he cowrote Enslaved Odyssey to the West 2010 and was a story supervisor on DmC Devil May Cry 2013 Garland made his directorial debut when he wrote and directed the scifi thriller Ex Machina 2014 He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay He won three British Independent Film Awards including Best Screenplay Best Director and Best British Independent Film for the film His second movie Annihilation 2018 an adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name was a critical success He wrote directed and executive produced the FX miniseries Devs 2020 followed by the horror thriller Men 2022 and the dystopian action thriller Civil War 2024 He also codirected the war film Warfare 2025 A24 produced the three films Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Garland licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia