---
name: "John Alexander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-alexander"
fi1m_id: "john-alexander"
imdb_id: "nm1019500"
tmdb_id: 136531
wikidata_id: "Q3180876"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "18 October 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:09:06.501769+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."
---

# John Alexander

## Identity

John Alexander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-alexander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-alexander
- **IMDb ID:** nm1019500
- **TMDB ID:** 136531
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3180876
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alexander_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1019500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136531

Director. Born 18 October 1961 in Peterlee, County Durham, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 18 October 1961, Peterlee, County Durham, England
- **Active:** 2001–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Julie Rutterford](https://film.one/person/julie-rutterford.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alexander_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1019500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136531

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Life on Mars*](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Teachers*](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md) (76)

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

## Biography

John Alexander is a British television director. He grew up in the East Durham Coalfield and joined the BBC as a post-graduate trainee, where he produced documentaries before moving into drama directing.

His credits include episodes of *Life on Mars* (2006), *Sense and Sensibility* (2008), *Survivors* (2008), *Zen* (2011), *Exile* (2011), *The 7.39* (2014), *Jamestown* (2017), *Belgravia* (2020) and *Grace* (2021). *Small Island* (2009) won an International Emmy for Best Mini-Series. *Sense and Sensibility* won the Magnolia Best Director Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival. *Exile* received a BAFTA nomination for Best Director Fiction and *One Child* (2014) a Royal Television Society nomination for Best Director Fiction.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Small Island* (2009), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Teachers* (2001), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Belgravia: The Next Chapter* (2024), series, Director
- *No Return* (2022), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Grace* (2021), series, Director
- *Belgravia* (2020), series, Director
- *Trust Me* (2017), series, Director
- *Jamestown* (2017), series, Director
- *Indian Summers* (2015), series, Director
- *One Child* (2014), series, Director
- *Quirke* (2014), series, Director
- *The 7.39* (2014), series, Director
- *Rogue* (2013), series, Director
- *White Heat* (2012), series, Director
- *Exile* (2011), series, Director
- *Zen* (2011), series, Director
- *Small Island* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *Survivors* (2008), series, Director
- *Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me* (2008), Director
- *Sense and Sensibility* (2008), series, Director
- *The Shadow in the North* (2007), Director
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Ian Fleming: Bondmaker* (2005), Director
- *Outlaws* (2004), series, Director
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Shades* (2001), series, Director
- *Teachers* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)
- *Hearts and Bones* (2000), series, Director
- *Real Life* (1999), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Mosley* (1998), Director
- *Modern Times* (1995), series, Director
- *Get Out!* (1992), Director
- *Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video* (1990), Director
- *Me and My Bike* (1989), Director
- *The Mighty Leek* (1987), Director
- *40 Minutes* (1981), series, Director

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