Alex Holmes
Alex Holmes is a multi-award winning director, writer, and producer. Most recently he has directed on The Rig for Amazon.
Works
Hill
One Name. Two World Champions. In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 World Championship. In doing so he cemented his place in motorsport history, following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Graham Hill. This is a unique family story set against the backdrop of the fastest sport in the world. How Damon Hill defied the odds and overcame tragedy to step out of his father’s shadow and become a racing legend in his own right. Hill is directed by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Alex Holmes (Maiden, The Rig) and produced by Simon Lazenby & Victoria Barrell of Sylver Entertainment (McEnroe, Schmeichel) and Cora Palfrey & Luc Roeg of Independent Entertainment (Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, My Policeman).
Release Date:2025-02-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Copa 71
The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and written out of sports history – until now, with dazzling archival footage and interviews with the former players.
Release Date:2024-03-08
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
The Last Rider
The incredible story of the greatest cycling race in history, the 1989 Tour de France, and how American Greg LeMond faced down betrayal, childhood sexual abuse and death completing one of the most inspiring comebacks in history.
Release Date:2023-06-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
The Rig
When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.
Release Date:2023-01-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:179
The Letter for the King
A young boy holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message in this sweeping fantasy series.
Release Date:2020-03-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:235
Maiden
In a moving portrait of resilience, Alex Holmes chronicles the unprecedented journey of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards and the first all-female sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race.
Release Date:2019-03-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:31
Paula
A chemistry teacher's life is turned upside down after a one-night stand with James. They become locked in a dance of destruction. Only one can survive.
Release Date:2017-05-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:17
Coalition
Political drama about the rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 election. After the election failed to produce an outright winner, Clegg was catapulted into an unaccustomed position of influence and was the recipient of political courtship from both Labour's Gordon Brown and David Cameron of the Conservative Party.
Release Date:2015-03-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
Dominion
Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the near future. Specifically, 25 years after "The Extinction War," when an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, waged war against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, chose to side with humanity. Rising out of the ashes of this long battle are newly fortified cities which protect human survivors. At the center of the series is the city of Vega, a glistening empire that has formed from the ruins of what was once Las Vegas.
Release Date:2014-06-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:282
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story
A portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would finally bring him down.
Release Date:2014-05-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:61
Strike Back
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Release Date:2010-05-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:345
House of Saddam
The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.
Release Date:2008-07-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:53
Dunkirk
Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
Release Date:2004-02-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:20
Last Resort
Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in London. But after he fails to turn up at the airport, Tanya, intent on staying in England, is forced to apply for political asylum and transferred to Stonehaven, a grimy former seaside resort where refugees are housed. Tanya gradually develops a relationship with an amusement arcade manager, who helps them escape. She must then decide whether to stay with him or return to Russia.
Release Date:2000-02-23
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:25