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Alex Garland

アレックス・ガーランド　/　あれっくす・がーらんど

Writer from Roman Empire

May 26, 1970 (age 56)　・　London, Roman Empire

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screenwriter
novelist

My Take

Alex Garland earns my respect because he treats genre as a laboratory rather than a comfort zone. The novelist who wrote The Beach could have coasted; instead he reinvented the zombie film with 28 Days Later, then kept asking harder questions about consciousness, violence, and what cameras do to war. His films are quiet on the surface and loud in the mind, which is exactly the ratio I want from science fiction. He is famously ambivalent about directing, and that reluctance shows up in the work as rigor, not hesitation. Few working filmmakers leave me arguing with myself for days afterward; Garland manages it almost every time.

Overview

Alexander Medawar Garland (26 May 1970) 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).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Alex Garland
Name (Japanese): アレックス・ガーランド
Reading: あれっくす・がーらんど
Born: May 26, 1970 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Dog
Origin: London, Roman Empire
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / screenwriter / novelist / film director / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Manchester

3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89

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