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Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist and screenwriter. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick Garland. He attended University College School, Hampstead, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history. University College School, known generally as UCS, is a British Independent school situated in Hampstead, north west London. ... , Hampstead is a suburb of north London in the London Borough of Camden, located four miles (6. ... The University of Manchester is a university located in Manchester, England. ...

His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a movie by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Richard. The Beach (1996) is a novel by Alex Garland about backpackers in Thailand. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, The Tesseract, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illustrated with woodcuts by his father. The Tesseract is a 1998 English-language novel by Alex Garland. ... The Tesseract, is a 2003 drama film starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston. ... The Coma, a novel by Alex Garland, explores the boundary between the concious and subconsious mind. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer Ukiyo-e woodcut, Ishiyama Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1889) Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface...

He wrote the screenplay for the 2007 film Sunshine, starring 28 Days Later lead Cillian Murphy – his second screenplay for director Danny Boyle. Garland also served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later. Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction suspense film directed by Danny Boyle from a screenplay by Alex Garland. ... Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 1976) is an Irish actor noted for intense, risky performances in diverse roles,[1] as well as his distinctive blue eyes. ... 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film, and sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later. ...

Garland also wrote the first screenplay for Halo (film), the movie adaptation of the successful video game franchise by Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios. Halo is an upcoming film based on the video game series, developed by Bungie Studios. ... Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division or Microsoft Games), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. ... Bungie Studios is an American video game developer founded in May 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation (more popularly shortened to Bungie Software) by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones that primarily concentrated on Macintosh games for its first nine...

His companion is actor/director Paloma Baeza. Paloma Baeza , born in 1974 in England, is a British actress. ...

External links

• Alex Garland at the Internet Movie Database
• Backpacker Blues: Spike Magazine interview with Alex Garland
• "Beach Boy" interview