Alex is currently working on a number of film and television projects.
Justin Lin is to direct The Last Days of John Allen Chau, a feature film adapted by Ben Ripley from Alex’s 2019 article in Outside magazine. Justin, Ben and Alex are all producers on the movie.
The first two episodes of a 6-part dramatisation of The Good Mothers, produced by House Productions and Wildside for Disney+, won Best Series at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2023. The series is scheduled for release on April 5, 2023.
Alex was co-executive producer on “The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari,” a Moxie Films documentary adaptation of his Outside Magazine story “The True Story of the White Island Eruption.” Released on Netflix on December 16, 2022, “Volcano” was Netflix’s No. 1 film in 23 countries, and made the top 10 in 76 countries, drawing an estimated audience of 52-87 million in 10 days. See the trailer, or watch the documentary.
Alex is represented by Luke Speed at Speed Literary and Talent Management: Luke.Speed@sltm.co.uk.