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Alex Pillai

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TELEVISION
Date: 2024
Production (role):
DR. WHO - Christmas Special 2024
Company:
Bad Wolf / BBC / Disney
Project details:
Produced by Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat
Date: 2023
Production (role):
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: Summer School
Company:
HBO MAX
Project details:
2 x 55 minute episodes

Produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lyndsey Calhoon Bring
Date: 2018 - 2023
Production (role):
RIVERDALE

Produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Company:
Warner Bros TV / The CW
Project details:
Season 3 Episode 7 - 1x 43 minute episode
Season 4 Episode 7 - 1x 43 minute episode
Season 6 Episode 19 - 1x 43 minute episode
Season 7 Episode 9 - 1x 43 minute episode
Date: 2022
Production (role):
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: Original Sin
Company:
HBO Max
Project details:
Directed Episode 7

Produced by Michael Grassi and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Date: 2021
Production (role):
WALKER Season 1
Company:
The CW
Project details:
2x43mins

Producer Anna Fricke
Date: 2021
Production (role):
BRIDGERTON - Season 2
Company:
Shondaland / Netflix
Project details:
2x60mins
Episodes 3 and 4
Producer Chris Van Dusen
Date: 2020
Production (role):
MCDONALD & DODDS Ep 2.1
Company:
Mammoth Screen / ITV1
Project details:
1x90 mins

Prod. Damien Timmer
Date: 2020
Production (role):
KATY KEENE S01
Company:
Berlanti Productions / The CW
Project details:
1x43

Prod. Michael Grassi and Roberto and Aguirre-Sacasa
Date: 2019
Production (role):
EMERGENCE
Company:
ABC
Project details:
1x 42 minute episode
Prod. Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters.
Date: 2019
Production (role):
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
Seasons 2/3/4
Company:
Netflix
Project details:
3x55mins
Prod. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
INSTINCT Season 2
Company:
CBS
Project details:
1x 43 minute episode

Starring Alan Cumming.
Producer Michael Rauch.
Date: 2017 - 19
Production (role):
BULL
Seasons 2/3/4
Company:
CBS/ Amblin
Project details:
5x43 mins

Starring Michael Weatherly and Archie Panjabi.
Producers Glenn Gordon Caron and Vince Misiano.
Date: 2017
Production (role):
VALOR S01
Company:
CBS/The CW
Project details:
1x43 min

Producers Kyle Jarrow and Anna Fricke
Date: 2016
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS : 'DEATH BY PERSUASION'
Company:
Bentley / ITV1
Project details:
1 x 90 min

Producer Ella Kelly
Date: 2015
Production (role):
HARRY PRICE: GHOST HUNTER
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 min Single Film

Starring Rafe Spall and Cara Theobold

Prod. Denise Paul
Date: 2015
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘HABEAS CORPUS’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 mins

Prod. Phil Hunter

With Helen Baxendale and Diana Quick
Date: 2014
Production (role):
DA VINCI’S DEMONS
Company:
Starz / BBC Worldwide
Project details:
Season 3
2 x 60 mins

Prods. John Shiban and Matthew Bouch
Date: 2014
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE DAGGER CLUB’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 mins

Prod. Phil Hunter
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE KILLINGS OF COPENHAGEN’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
100th Episode

1 x 90 mins

Prod. Louise Sutton

With Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Joanna Scanlan
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘LET US PREY’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 mins

Prod. Louise Sutton

With Rebecca Front and Vincent Regan
Date: 2012
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE SICILIAN DEFENCE’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 mins

Prod. Jo Wright

With Fay Ripley, John Henshaw and Julie Graham
Date: 2011
Production (role):
MERLIN
Company:
Shine / BBC
Project details:
Series IV

3 x 45 mins

Prod. Sara Hamill

With Lindsay Duncan
Date: 2011
Production (role):
MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE DARK RIDER’
Company:
Bentley / ITV
Project details:
1 x 90 mins

Prod. Jo Wright
Date: 2010
Production (role):
THE BILL
Company:
TalkbackThames / ITV
Project details:
4 x 50 mins

Prods. James Hall and Sylvie Boden
Date: 2009
Production (role):
BEING HUMAN
Company:
Touchpaper Television / BBC
Project details:
Series I

2 x 60 mins

Prod. Matthew Bouch

Nominated: ‘Best TV Series’ BAFTA 2010
Date: 2008
Production (role):
ROBIN HOOD
Company:
Tiger Aspect / BBC
Project details:
Series III

2 x 42 mins

Prod. Jane Hudson

With David Harewood and Joanna Froggatt
Date: 2008
Production (role):
SILENT WITNESS: ‘TERROR’
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Series XIII

2 x 60 mins

Prod. George Ormond
Date: 2007
Production (role):
TRIAL & RETRIBUTION: ‘THE BOX’
Company:
La Plante / ITV
Project details:
2 x 60 mins

Prod. Jolyon Simmons
Date: 2006
Production (role):
TRIAL & RETRIBUTION: ‘PARADISE LOST’
Company:
La Plante
Project details:
2 x 90 mins

Prod. Christopher Hall
Date: 2005
Production (role):
THE BEST MAN
Company:
Touchpaper Television / ITV
Project details:
2 x 90 mins single drama

Prod. Hugh Warren

Starring Aaron Johnson, Keeley Hawes and Toby Stephens
Date: 2004
Production (role):
WIRE IN THE BLOOD
Company:
Coastal Productions / ITV (Series III)
Project details:
1 x 90 mins
Date: 2003
Production (role):
BLUE MURDER
Company:
Granada Television / ITV
Project details:
Series II

2 x 90 mins

Prod. Hugh Warren

With Jim Carter
Date: 2001
Production (role):
TAKE ME
Company:
Coastal Productions / ITV
Project details:
6 x 50 mins of 6-part serial

Prod. Bill Boyes
Date: 2000
Production (role):
THE WYVERN MYSTERY
Company:
BBC Films
Project details:
2 x 60 mins

Prod. Ruth Baumgarten

With Naomi Watts, Derek Jacobi and Iain Glenn
Date: 1999
Production (role):
THE LAST TRAIN
Company:
Granada Television / ITV
Project details:
3 x 50 min episodes of six-part drama serial

Prod. Sita Williams

With Nicola Walker
Date: 1998
Production (role):
TOUCHING EVIL
Company:
United Film and Television / ITV (Series II)
Project details:
2 x 50 mins

Prod. Jane Featherstone
Date: 1997
Production (role):
SILENT WITNESS: ‘FALLEN IDOL’
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Series III

2 x 50 mins

Prod. Anne Pivcevic

With Lesley Manville
Date: 1996
Production (role):
THIEF TAKERS
Company:
Carlton Television / ITV
Project details:
Series II

2 x 50 minute episodes of drama series

Prod Gina Cronk

With Ray Winstone
Date: 1995
Production (role):
FLIGHT
Company:
BBC Screen Two
Project details:
Single Feature Film

Prods. George Faber and Frances-Anne Solomon

Shown at the London and other international film festivals

Winner: FIPA D’Argent, Biarritz, France 1998

Winner: ‘Best TV Production’, Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, UK 1998

Winner: Roshan Seth, Best Actor, Sochi, Russia 1998
Date: 1994
Production (role):
SCATZ AND THE COSMIC PLAN (Writer / Creator)
Company:
Manga Entertainment / Island World
Project details:
Comedy animation series

Prod. Andy Frain
Date: 1993
Production (role):
DREAMCHILD
Company:
Crucial Films / BBC2
Project details:
10 min film

Prod. Greg Brenman and Lenny Henry.
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2024
Production (role):
HOW TO DATE BILLY WALSH
Company:
Future Artists Entertainment / Amazon
Project details:
Released on Amazon Prime on Friday 5th April
Date: 2010
Production (role):
VICTIM
Company:
Pure Film Productions
Project details:
90-minutes

With David Harewood and Adam Deacon

Raindance Film Festival 2011

Released by Kaleidoscope Films

Winner: ‘Favourite Urban Movie’ Screen Nation Awards 2013
Date: 1997
Production (role):
THIRTEEN HOURS (Writer)
Company:
British Screen
Project details:
Commissioned feature screenplay
AWARDS
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Screen Nation Award
Project details:
VICTIM won for Best Urban Film
Date: 1998
Production (role):
Winner of FIPA D'Argent
Project details:
FLIGHT
Production (role):
Winner of Ethnic Multicultural Media Award

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): DR. WHO - Christmas Special 2024
    Company: Bad Wolf / BBC / Disney
    Project details: Produced by Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: Summer School
    Company: HBO MAX
    Project details: 2 x 55 minute episodes

    Produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lyndsey Calhoon Bring
  • Date: 2018 - 2023
    Production (role): RIVERDALE

    Produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
    Company: Warner Bros TV / The CW
    Project details: Season 3 Episode 7 - 1x 43 minute episode
    Season 4 Episode 7 - 1x 43 minute episode
    Season 6 Episode 19 - 1x 43 minute episode
    Season 7 Episode 9 - 1x 43 minute episode
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: Original Sin
    Company: HBO Max
    Project details: Directed Episode 7

    Produced by Michael Grassi and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): WALKER Season 1
    Company: The CW
    Project details: 2x43mins

    Producer Anna Fricke
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): BRIDGERTON - Season 2
    Company: Shondaland / Netflix
    Project details: 2x60mins
    Episodes 3 and 4
    Producer Chris Van Dusen
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): MCDONALD & DODDS Ep 2.1
    Company: Mammoth Screen / ITV1
    Project details: 1x90 mins

    Prod. Damien Timmer
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): KATY KEENE S01
    Company: Berlanti Productions / The CW
    Project details: 1x43

    Prod. Michael Grassi and Roberto and Aguirre-Sacasa
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): EMERGENCE
    Company: ABC
    Project details: 1x 42 minute episode
    Prod. Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters.
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
    Seasons 2/3/4
    Company: Netflix
    Project details: 3x55mins
    Prod. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): INSTINCT Season 2
    Company: CBS
    Project details: 1x 43 minute episode

    Starring Alan Cumming.
    Producer Michael Rauch.
  • Date: 2017 - 19
    Production (role): BULL
    Seasons 2/3/4
    Company: CBS/ Amblin
    Project details: 5x43 mins

    Starring Michael Weatherly and Archie Panjabi.
    Producers Glenn Gordon Caron and Vince Misiano.
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): VALOR S01
    Company: CBS/The CW
    Project details: 1x43 min

    Producers Kyle Jarrow and Anna Fricke
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS : 'DEATH BY PERSUASION'
    Company: Bentley / ITV1
    Project details: 1 x 90 min

    Producer Ella Kelly
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): HARRY PRICE: GHOST HUNTER
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 min Single Film

    Starring Rafe Spall and Cara Theobold

    Prod. Denise Paul
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘HABEAS CORPUS’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Phil Hunter

    With Helen Baxendale and Diana Quick
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): DA VINCI’S DEMONS
    Company: Starz / BBC Worldwide
    Project details: Season 3
    2 x 60 mins

    Prods. John Shiban and Matthew Bouch
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE DAGGER CLUB’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Phil Hunter
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE KILLINGS OF COPENHAGEN’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 100th Episode

    1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Louise Sutton

    With Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Joanna Scanlan
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘LET US PREY’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Louise Sutton

    With Rebecca Front and Vincent Regan
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE SICILIAN DEFENCE’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Jo Wright

    With Fay Ripley, John Henshaw and Julie Graham
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): MERLIN
    Company: Shine / BBC
    Project details: Series IV

    3 x 45 mins

    Prod. Sara Hamill

    With Lindsay Duncan
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): MIDSOMER MURDERS: ‘THE DARK RIDER’
    Company: Bentley / ITV
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins

    Prod. Jo Wright
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): THE BILL
    Company: TalkbackThames / ITV
    Project details: 4 x 50 mins

    Prods. James Hall and Sylvie Boden
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): BEING HUMAN
    Company: Touchpaper Television / BBC
    Project details: Series I

    2 x 60 mins

    Prod. Matthew Bouch

    Nominated: ‘Best TV Series’ BAFTA 2010
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): ROBIN HOOD
    Company: Tiger Aspect / BBC
    Project details: Series III

    2 x 42 mins

    Prod. Jane Hudson

    With David Harewood and Joanna Froggatt
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): SILENT WITNESS: ‘TERROR’
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Series XIII

    2 x 60 mins

    Prod. George Ormond
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): TRIAL & RETRIBUTION: ‘THE BOX’
    Company: La Plante / ITV
    Project details: 2 x 60 mins

    Prod. Jolyon Simmons
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): TRIAL & RETRIBUTION: ‘PARADISE LOST’
    Company: La Plante
    Project details: 2 x 90 mins

    Prod. Christopher Hall
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): THE BEST MAN
    Company: Touchpaper Television / ITV
    Project details: 2 x 90 mins single drama

    Prod. Hugh Warren

    Starring Aaron Johnson, Keeley Hawes and Toby Stephens
  • Date: 2004
    Production (role): WIRE IN THE BLOOD
    Company: Coastal Productions / ITV (Series III)
    Project details: 1 x 90 mins
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): BLUE MURDER
    Company: Granada Television / ITV
    Project details: Series II

    2 x 90 mins

    Prod. Hugh Warren

    With Jim Carter
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): TAKE ME
    Company: Coastal Productions / ITV
    Project details: 6 x 50 mins of 6-part serial

    Prod. Bill Boyes
  • Date: 2000
    Production (role): THE WYVERN MYSTERY
    Company: BBC Films
    Project details: 2 x 60 mins

    Prod. Ruth Baumgarten

    With Naomi Watts, Derek Jacobi and Iain Glenn
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): THE LAST TRAIN
    Company: Granada Television / ITV
    Project details: 3 x 50 min episodes of six-part drama serial

    Prod. Sita Williams

    With Nicola Walker
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): TOUCHING EVIL
    Company: United Film and Television / ITV (Series II)
    Project details: 2 x 50 mins

    Prod. Jane Featherstone
  • Date: 1997
    Production (role): SILENT WITNESS: ‘FALLEN IDOL’
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Series III

    2 x 50 mins

    Prod. Anne Pivcevic

    With Lesley Manville
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): THIEF TAKERS
    Company: Carlton Television / ITV
    Project details: Series II

    2 x 50 minute episodes of drama series

    Prod Gina Cronk

    With Ray Winstone
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): FLIGHT
    Company: BBC Screen Two
    Project details: Single Feature Film

    Prods. George Faber and Frances-Anne Solomon

    Shown at the London and other international film festivals

    Winner: FIPA D’Argent, Biarritz, France 1998

    Winner: ‘Best TV Production’, Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, UK 1998

    Winner: Roshan Seth, Best Actor, Sochi, Russia 1998
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): SCATZ AND THE COSMIC PLAN (Writer / Creator)
    Company: Manga Entertainment / Island World
    Project details: Comedy animation series

    Prod. Andy Frain
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): DREAMCHILD
    Company: Crucial Films / BBC2
    Project details: 10 min film

    Prod. Greg Brenman and Lenny Henry.
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): HOW TO DATE BILLY WALSH
    Company: Future Artists Entertainment / Amazon
    Project details: Released on Amazon Prime on Friday 5th April
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): VICTIM
    Company: Pure Film Productions
    Project details: 90-minutes

    With David Harewood and Adam Deacon

    Raindance Film Festival 2011

    Released by Kaleidoscope Films

    Winner: ‘Favourite Urban Movie’ Screen Nation Awards 2013
  • Date: 1997
    Production (role): THIRTEEN HOURS (Writer)
    Company: British Screen
    Project details: Commissioned feature screenplay
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Screen Nation Award
    Project details: VICTIM won for Best Urban Film
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): Winner of FIPA D'Argent
    Project details: FLIGHT
  • Date:
    Production (role): Winner of Ethnic Multicultural Media Award
    Project details:
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