Alex Garland Is One Of The Last Science Fiction Masters
Most writers and directors don't reach the status of recognition from the audience that they often deserve. Although filmmakers get their fame from their critical and financial success in their career, some filmmakers will get success but not necessarily recognition. Marvel movies are a great example of this. Yes, many fans know who James Gunn and the Russo brothers are, but if asked who wrote and directed Thor: The Dark World or Captain Marvel, many fans would probably be hard-pressed to know exactly who made those films.
But some filmmakers find themselves a cult following, like Zack Snyder and those who want to restore the Snyderverse, or Denis Villeneuve and those who've particularlyenjoyed his Blade Runner sequel or Dune adaptation. Even the previously mentioned James Gunn and Russo brothers don't necessarily have anything more than a cult following when compared to the likes of celebrity filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, or Christopher Nolan. One filmmaker who has also found himself a cult following and perhaps deserves more recognition also deals in hard science fiction like Nolan: Alex Garland.
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Garland started out as a novelist with novels The Tesseract, The Coma, and his mega-hit The Beach which was later adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Danny Boyle. Garland later went on to even write video games and screenplays of extremely well-known movies like 28 Days Later and Sunshine, both also done by long-term collaborator Danny Boyle. He would eventually move on to writing and directing his own films. Garland's directorial debut was Ex Machina, for which he garnered an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay.
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