---
name: "Alex Metcalf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-metcalf"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T13:34:37.369762+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alex Metcalf

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2017–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85860

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Sharp Objects*](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*MINDHUNTER*](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alex Metcalf is a writer and producer working in film and television. He began as a feature writer before leaving the industry to run a charter school for several years. He returned after an agent advised him to pursue television projects.

His credits include the teleplay for an episode of *MINDHUNTER* (2019) and writing for *Sharp Objects* (2018). He has also written episodes of *UnREAL* (2015–2018) and *Kingdom* (2014–2016), developed and written for *The Loudest Voice* (2019), and contributed to *Bodkin* (2024). Earlier work includes the screenplay for *God's Pocket* (2014). He has additional producer credits on several of these series.

*Sources: imdb.com, awardsdaily.com, mindhunter.fandom.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sharp Objects* (2018), Fi1m 84, Writer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), Fi1m 83, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bodkin* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Utopia* (2020), series, Consulting Producer
- *The Loudest Voice* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Sharp Objects* (2018), series, Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *UnREAL* (2015), series, Writer
- *Kingdom* (2014), series, Writer, Story
- *God's Pocket* (2014), Screenplay
- *An American Affair* (2008), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Red Team* (1999), Writer

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