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Biography
Alexander Medawar Garland is an English author and filmmaker. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and its sequel, 28 Years Later (2025), 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 was a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2016 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2015 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Ex Machina
2014Director, Writer
2014Director, Writer
Devs
2020Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
2020Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
28 Days Later
2002Writer
2002Writer
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026Producer, Writer
2026Producer, Writer
Warfare
2025Director, Writer
2025Director, Writer
Batman: Black and White Motion Comics
2008Writer
2008Writer
Sunshine
2007Screenplay, Writer
2007Screenplay, Writer
Civil War
2024Director, Writer
2024Director, Writer
Dredd
2012Producer, Screenplay
2012Producer, Screenplay
Never Let Me Go
2010Executive Producer, Screenplay
2010Executive Producer, Screenplay
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
2014as Self
2014as Self
28 Years Later
2025Producer, Writer
2025Producer, Writer
28 Weeks Later
2007Executive Producer
2007Executive Producer
The Beach
2000Novel
2000Novel
Annihilation
2018Director, Screenplay
2018Director, Screenplay
The Daily Show
1996as Self
1996as Self
Men
2022Director, Writer
2022Director, Writer
Big Game
2014Executive Producer
2014Executive Producer