His latest movie, Civil War, remains at the top: Who is Alex Garland?
The Civil War movie, directed by Alex Garland, remained at the top of the US box office, grossing $11 million. Civil War, which he wrote and directed, received positive reviews from critics and audiences.
The film, starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Nick Offerman, and Jesse Plemons, takes place in a near future where the United States is on the verge of collapse. (US box office figures for April 19-21, 2024.)
Alex Garland is a British screenwriter, director, and producer. He was born in London, the child of psychologist Caroline and cartoonist Nicholas Garland. He graduated from Manchester University's Department of Art History. In 1996, he published his first novel, The Beach. It was followed by The Tesseract in 1998. Garland, who wanted to transfer his success in literature to cinema, did a good job with the script of the 2002 Danny Boyle film 28 Days Later.
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 subsequently 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 served as a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).
He increased his cinema experience with scripts such as Never Let Me Go and Dredd. Garland, who made his directorial debut with Ex Machina in 2015, received great appreciation for this film. It won many awards and nominations, including the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
His second film, Annihilation, which he directed in 2018, received mixed reactions. Garland, who is married to actress Paloma Baeza, has two children.
Details from Alex Garland's life
Garland's first novel, The Beach (1996), made him famous. Based on his travels in Europe and Thailand, this novel tells the story of a young British traveler who discovers a pristine beach occupied by like-minded travelers. The novel includes references to drug culture, hallucinatory sequences, and unique depictions of utopia. The Beach initially received positive reviews and gained popularity through word-of-mouth response; some critics viewed Garland as an important voice of Generation X. The novel has been translated into 25 different languages and sold approximately 700,000 copies by the beginning of 1999. It was also adapted into a movie of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
In the following years, Garland stepped into Hollywood as a screenwriter. Alex Garland, who has been praised for his screenplays for the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012), wrote the screenplay for the science fiction thriller Ex Machina (2014). He also took over the directorship. The film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won three BAFTAs for Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best British Independent Film.
His second feature-length work was Annihilation (2018), released in 2014 and adapted from Jeff VanderMeer's novel of the same name. In 2022, he again signed the film Adamlar, which can be described as a British thriller, as director and screenwriter. Garland also served as writer, director, and executive producer for the FX miniseries Devs (2020). He last went behind the camera with the movie Civil War (2024), which he also wrote and directed. The film, which was shot for the cinema and released, received positive marks from critics and audiences.