Projects at NFTS include:
Twenty Twenty (Writer/Director)
Biography
Alex is a writer & director, with a background as an infectious diseases doctor. He holds a PhD in Pandemic Science and a Masters in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology. Before transitioning to filmmaking, he worked as a doctor and researcher in some of the world's most challenging environments, including a year with the European Space Agency at the planet's most isolated research station in Antarctica, managing an Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone during the West African outbreak, and conducting research on plague and other epidemic diseases for the UK government.
His first short film, Crashing, screened at multiple Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals and received a special mention for the Oscar-qualifying Light in Motion Prize at the Foyle Film Festival. In addition to being part of the inaugural NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab, Alex was also part of the first NFTS John Yorke Writers Academy. He is a winner of the 2024 BAFTA Rocliffe Writing Prize. He is represented by Nicola Biltoo and Emily Smith at The Agency.