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 co-wrote 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 sci-fi 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 co-directed the war film Warfare (2025). A24 produced the three films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Garland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sunshine
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28 Weeks Later
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The Beach
(Novel)
Never Let Me Go
(Screenplay)
Never Let Me Go
(Executive Producer)
Dredd
(Screenplay)
Ex Machina
(Director)
Ex Machina
(Writer)
Annihilation
(Director)
Big Game
(Executive Producer)
Civil War
(Writer)
Civil War
(Director)
28 Years Later
(Producer)
Warfare
(Writer)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(Writer)
28 Years Later Part 3
(Producer)
28 Years Later Part 3
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(Producer)
The Tesseract
(Novel)
Annihilation
(Screenplay)
28 Years Later
(Writer)
Warfare
(Director)
The Toymaker's Secret
(Producer)
The Toymaker's Secret
(Writer)
Dredd
(Producer)
Men
(Director)
Men
(Writer)
28 Days Later
(Writer)
Elden Ring
(Director)
Elden Ring
(Screenplay)
Stages
(Producer)
Batman: Black and White Motion Comics
(Writer)
Devs
(Executive Producer)
Devs
(Director)
Devs
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Devs
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