Alexander Medawar Garland, widely recognized as Alex Garland, is an acclaimed English author, screenwriter, and director, born on 26 May 1970. He rose to fame with his novel The Beach in 1996, a work that became a cult classic and was adapted into a film by Danny Boyle starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Garland is also renowned for his screenwriting skills, contributing to notable films such as 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007), and for co-writing the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and serving as a story supervisor for DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).

In the realm of directing, Garland's debut was the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina (2014), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won three British Independent Film Awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best British Independent Film. His subsequent film, Annihilation (2018), was a critical success. Garland continued to make waves with the FX miniseries Devs (2020), and films such as Men (2022), Civil War (2024), and Warfare (2025).