Alex Garland

Alex Garland Biography

Alexander Medawar "Alex" Garland ((born 1 January 1970) is an English novelist, screenwriter and film producer.

Career

His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel was made into a film by Danny Boyle, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2002, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illustrated with woodcuts by his father, Nicholas Garland.

In 2005, Garland wrote a script for a film adaptation of Halo; he was paid $1,000,000. D. B. Weiss and Josh Olson rewrote this during 2006 for a 2008 release, though the film remains in development hell. In 2007, he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine " his second screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and to star Cillian Murphy. Garland also served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later. He is the co-writer on the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. He wrote the screenplay for the film Never Let Me Go, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. He also wrote the script for Dredd, an adaptation of the Judge Dredd comic book series from 2000 AD.

Personal life

He is married to the actress Paloma Baeza.

Novels

The Beach (1996)
The Tesseract (1998)
The Coma (2004)

Filmography

28 Days Later (screenplay) (2002)
Sunshine (screenplay) (2007)
Never Let Me Go (screenplay) (2010)
Dredd (screenplay) (2011)

Video games

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (co-writer) (2010)
DmC: Devil May Cry (Story Supervisor) (2013)

Awards and nominations

2004: Nominated for Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: Writing for 28 Days Later
2004: Nominated for Chlotrudis Awards 2004: Best Original Screenplay for 28 Days Later

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