Alex MacKeith

Alex is a screenwriter whose debut feature The Lesson premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival before a US and UK release. Described by Stephen King as “cold, smart and suspenseful”, the film was nominated for Best Thriller at the 2024 Saturn Awards, with Alex longlisted for Best Debut Screenwriter at the 2023 BIFAs. He was an episode writer on Season 2 of Apple TV+ and Big Talk’s The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, delivering punch-ups across the season’s scripts. He has worked in the writers’ room for seasons 1-3 of BBC3’s Boarders, and is developing an animated comedy series with Baby Cow and Princess Bento. As a comedian, he was a semi-finalist of the 2023 BBC New Comedy Awards and won the 2020 Musical Comedy Awards. His debut comedy hour had a sold-out run at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to the Soho Theatre.