John Alexander is an award winning British director of television drama who grew up in the East Durham Coal Field and joined the BBC as a post-graduate trainee. He produced a number of documentaries before directing drama. His works include Quirke, The 7.39, Sense and Sensibility, Small Island, Exile, One Child and Belgravia. Small Island won an International Emmy for Best Mini-Series, and Sense and Sensibility won the Magnolia Best Director Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Exile was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction and One Child was Royal Television Society-nominated for Best Director Fiction.

Modern Times

Kate Bush: Sensual World

Life on Mars

Sense and Sensibility

Belgravia: The Next Chapter

Jamestown

Teachers

Exile

Zen

Belgravia

One Child

Grace

Cutting It

Trust Me

The 7.39

The Shadow in the North

Small Island

Mosley

Quirke

No Return

White Heat

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

The Mighty Leek

Me and My Bike

Get Out!