Biography
Alex McDowell (born 11 April 1955) is a British narrative designer and creative director working in narrative media. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex McDowell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Mercy
2026
Production Design
Set in the near future when capital crime has increased, a detective is accused of a violent crime and forced to prove his innocence.

The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
as Self - Production Designer
Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is one of the most influential science fiction films e...

Midnight Special
2016
Conceptual Design
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Death and the Powers
2015
Production Design
A one-act, full-evening work that tells the story of Simon Powers, a successful and powerful businessman and inventor, reaching the end of his life an...

Man of Steel
2013
Production Design
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w...

Upside Down
2012
Production Design
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his que...

Arthur Christmas
2011
Visual Effects Design Consultant
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

In Time
2011
Production Design
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for ...

Bunraku
2010
Co-Producer
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by...

Watchmen
2009
Production Design
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the mas...

Bee Movie
2007
Production Design
Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the ex...

Breaking and Entering
2006
Production Design
Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape a...

Corpse Bride
2005
Production Design
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his ...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Production Design
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

The Terminal
2004
Production Design
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

The Cat in the Hat
2003
Production Design
During a rainy day, and while their mother is out, Conrad and Sally, and their pet fish, are visited by the mischievous Cat in the Hat. Fun soon turns...

Minority Report
2002
Production Design
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...

The Affair of the Necklace
2001
Production Design
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grac...

Fight Club
1999
Production Design
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches o...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
Production Design
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

The Crow: City of Angels
1996
Production Design
A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize h...

Silent Trigger
1996
Production Design, Visual Development
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goe...

Fear
1996
Production Design
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything els...

Crying Freeman
1995
Production Design
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yak...

The Crow
1994
Production Design
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a...

The Lawnmower Man
1992
Production Design
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.