Director
John Alexander
Born 1961 · Peterlee, County Durham, England
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
Life on Mars
Director · 2006
Sense and Sensibility
Director · 2008
Jamestown
Director · 2017
Belgravia
Director · 2020
Grace
Director · 2021
Zen
Director · 2011
Belgravia: The Next Chapter
Director · 2024
The 7.39
Director · 2014
Teachers
Director · 2001
Exile
Director · 2011
Trust Me
Director · 2017
The Shadow in the North
Director · 2007
Quirke
Director · 2014
Modern Times
Director · 1995
Small Island
Director · 2009
Cutting It
Director · 2002
Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video
Director · 1990
No Return
Director · 2022