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Alex Garland

1970 - Today

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Alexander Medawar Garland (born 26 May 1970) is an English author, screenwriter, and director. 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). In video games, he co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and was a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Garland is the 4,895th most popular writer (up from 5,994th in 2019), the 3,864th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,838th in 2019) and the 418th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Alex Garland ranks 4,895 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuri Nagibin, Mary Oliver, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Norman Spinrad, Andreas Kalvos, and Saint-Pol-Roux. After him are Heðin Brú, William Gibson, Alina Fernández, Simon Leys, Georg Calixtus, and Andrejs Upīts.

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Among people born in 1970, Alex Garland ranks 172. Before him are Gianluca Pessotto, Igor Cavalera, Andy Bell, Taylor Sheridan, Rick Hoffman, and Chris Jericho. After him are Craig Parker, Peter Tägtgren, Cha Seung-won, Tetsuya Ogura, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Saulius Skvernelis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Garland ranks 3,865 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Ken Stott (1954), Christina Pickles (1935), Everard Home (1756), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843). After him are William Sherard (1659), Susan George (1950), Michael Carrick (1981), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Harry Brearley (1871), and Charles Howard Hinton (1853).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alex Garland ranks 418. Before him are Helen Fielding (1958), Ronald Knox (1888), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Lucy Hawking (1969), and Peter Ackroyd (1949). After him are Eva Crane (1912), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Cynewulf (900), W. W. Jacobs (1863), George Borrow (1803), and Fay Weldon (1931).

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