Biographie
Alex was born in London. He attended Marlborough College, where he studied both Theatre Studies and Drama and acted in numerous plays. He went on to train as a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) before graduating with an MA in Philosophy from The University of Edinburgh. Whilst at Edinburgh, he was heavily involved as an actor in student theatre, attending the National Student Theatre Festival (NSDF) where he was a co-winner of the award for Best Ensemble. Whilst still an undergraduate, he wrote and directed his first play, The Space in Between, which received positive reviews, first as an official university production and then at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. The rights to the play were subsequently acquired and it was performed at The Orange Tree Theatre in London the following year.
Upon graduation, Alex trained as an actor in New York with The Barrow Group, as well as taking scene study classes with Sondra Lee (a student of Stella Adler). He returned to live and work in London where he continued his training, predominantly in Meisner Technique under Simon Furness, Gary Condes and Tom Radcliffe (himself a student of Sanford Meisner). He took additional workshops with acclaimed National Theatre director Di Trevis and at The National School of Film and Television and The London Film School. It was around this time that Alex began acting professionally, in numerous plays (from Shakespeare to award-winning new writing), commercials (for major international brands), television programmes (for the BBC, amongst others) and numerous award-winning independent films.
Alongside his acting work, he began to teach group classes in Meisner technique - and now also regularly works as an acting coach to top professionals - in-person, online and on location. Most notably, he worked with Emily Beecham on her role in Little Joe (directed by Jessica Hausner) which went on to win Emily the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He has worked with her ever since and looks very much forward to seeing her forthcoming work as the lead in Emily Mortimer's adaptation of The Pursuit of Love (BBC, Amazon) and in Disney's Cruella, alongside Emma Stone and Emma Thompson.
Happy Accident was his first short film as writer/director, a family drama starring Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Game of Thrones) and Kate Fahy (Defiance, The Living and the Dead). His second short film, Synchronicity, a satirical romantic comedy about mental health starred Bafta-winner Bill Paterson (Fleabag, The Witches) and Ben Aldridge (Fleabag, Our Girl). His third short film, Fingers, a 1960s crime drama, starred Anton Saunders (Luther, Downton Abbey) James Alexandrou (Silent Witness, Eastenders) and Ty Glaser (Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Holby City). The film reached a wide online audience and won several online awards. His fourth and final short film, Ok, Mum, was a return to drama and went on to play at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as winning multiple awards, including Best Picture at the Los Angeles Film Awards. It starred Sam Redford (Fantastic Beasts, The Hurt Locker), Gina Bramhill (Us, Sherlock) and Eleanor Stagg (MacBeth, The Mercy).
He is now working on his debut feature film as writer/director, The Queen of Fashion, about the life of visionary British fashion designer Isabella Blow. Alex is an ambassador for The Campaign to Change Direction, a not for profit organisation seeking to change the culture around mental health. He is developing a further slate of projects with his company Mystic Dawn Media.
