Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist and screenwriter.
Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick (Nicholas) Garland. He attended the independent University College School, in Hampstead, London, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history.
His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a film by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, 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.
In 2005, a script for a film adaptation of Halo was written by Alex Garland — which D. B. Weiss and Josh Olson rewrote during 2006 for a 2008 release.
In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for the film Sunshine – his third screenplay to be directed by Danny Boyle and the second 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 upcoming video game Enslaved for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
His partner is actress/director Paloma Baeza.
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
External links
- Alex Garland at the Internet Movie Database
- Backpacker Blues: Spike Magazine interview with Alex Garland
- "Beach Boy" interview
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