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Theatre, Film and TV
Joe Phillips
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jenn Lambert
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Alex
Holmes
Writer and Director for Film, Television and Documentaries
Alex Holmes is a multi-award winning director, writer and producer. Most recently he produced and directed Maiden, a feature documentary that charts the inspirational story of Tracy Edwards, skipper of the first all-female sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. The documentary earned Alex a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Director as well as a DGA Award nom for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary and the film won the National Board of Review award for Best Documentary. Alex is currently developing a narrative version of the film with Lucky Chap for Warners/HBO Max.
Alex directed Paula, developed by Cuba Pictures for BBC2 and starring Denise Gough. Previously, Alex directed Channel 4's Coalition, written by James Graham, which won Best Single Drama at the 2016 RTS Awards.
Alex also co-wrote and directed the Emmy and BAFTA nominated House of Saddam, a four part drama series for HBO and the BBC set in the inner circle of Saddam Hussein; and Dunkirk, a three part mini-series for the BBC about the evacuation of allied troops from Europe in 1940 which won Alex his first BAFTA as a director.
Other recent directing credits include work on the first series of Dominion, a science fiction series for Universal Studios starring Chris Egan and Roxanne McKee, and on the first series of the rebooted Strikeback produced by Left Bank Pictures for SKY and Cinemax.
His writing includes feature films The Killer, for Taken director Pierre Morel and StudioCanal, and the thriller Ex-Pats for Sandra Bullock and CBS Films, as well as an adaptation of the bestselling period novel Interpretation of Murder for Warner Brothers and producer Paula Weinstein.
Alex is currently working on a film for Producers Megan Ellison and Mark Boal about Russian President Vladimir Putin and is developing a TV pilot for Fox set in the world of international gambling syndicates.
Alex’s made the documentary Stop at Nothing for Oscar winning producers Passion Pictures and ABC Australia. The story of Lance Armstrong’s Faustian pact with performance enhancing drugs was described by Variety as “riveting and devastating”. He is currently in the cutting room with a counterpart to that film for MRC Studios. Last Rider (W/T) explores the story behind the 1989 Tour de France which saw titanic battle between two-time French champion Laurent Fignon and the first American to win the Tour De France, Greg LeMond a battle that raged for 2000kms and was decided on the final stage by just eight seconds.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Joe Phillips
+44 (0)20 7393 4459
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jenn Lambert
+44 (0) 207 393 4459
Email Jenn Lambert
CV
Television
Director
Tiuri, a teenage squire, answers a call for help that sends him on a perilous mission across the three kingdoms to deliver a secret letter to the King.
After a one night stand, a chemistry teacher finds herself locked in a dangerous dance of mutual destruction.
A feature length drama that charts the politically frenzied days in 2010 that led to Nick Clegg's rise from rank outsider to the man who would decide the fate of the country.
Sci-fi series following the perilous journey of a rebellious young soldier when he discovers he's the unlikely savior of humanity.
Follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.
Writer & Director
Writer & Director & Producer
Writer
A footballer coming precipitously to the end of his career who in a moment of weakness is persuaded to fix a match for a international gambling syndicate.
Film
Writer & Director & Producer
The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
Director
Charts the story of cyclist Greg LeMond, who became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the Tour de France.
Writer & Director
Produced with Oscar winning producers Passion Pictures (One Day in September) and ABC Australia. Stop at Nothing explores Lance Armstrong’s Faustian pact with performance enhancing drugs and examines how the attempt to keep his secret from the world destroyed long-standing friendships, the faith of millions of supporters, and ultimately, the man himself.
Writer
New project documenting the first three years of Putin's Presidency.
A veteran assassin becomes the target when he is hired by a rogue CIA outfit.
A young American on vacation in Europe falls in love with handsome stranger, only to find he is not the man she thought. On the run from government agents and European gangsters, she’s forced to trust the man who betrayed her.
A CIA agent’s attempts to re-invent herself in the expat community of a European capital are derailed when her past catches up with her.