15 Facts About Alex Breingan

Alex Breingan is a UK-born New Zealand television executive producer, television writer and former radio producer and host.

Alex Breingan co-founded Choice TV, now known as Eden in 2012, which was later acquired by international media companies, and established Stripe Studios, a production company responsible for various TV series in New Zealand.

Alex Breingan was born in Lyme Regis in the United Kingdom, and educated at Woodroffe School and Durham University.

Alex Breingan is married to former Three News reporter and food blogger Rachel Hart.

Alex Breingan began his career in the mid 1990s in UK commercial radio and later as a producer at the BBC before moving to NZ in 2002.

Alex Breingan spent 10 years in NZ radio including as Mediawork's Radio Operations Manager and Assistant Programme Director for both More FM and RadioLIVE.

Alex Breingan then moved into TV as Channel Manager for SKY TV's Food TV and The Living Channel.

In 2012 Alex Breingan co-founded free to air TV channel Choice TV which launched on Freeview and Sky that year.

In TV production, Alex Breingan established production company Stripe Media in 2014, known as Stripe Studios.

Alex Breingan created, co-wrote and produced The Circus, Rich Listers, and Discovery's Great Southern Truckers.

Rich Listers received criticism after Alex Breingan publicly mentioned that the show was fictional.

Since 2019, Alex Breingan has been a semi finals judge for the International Emmy Awards and later a finals judge in 2022.

Alex Breingan has said that a U-turn decision by the New Zealand Film Commission was a cause for the financial issues.

Alex Breingan has stated that such allegations were false and defamatory, writing that the NZ Herald was provided with false information.

In September 2024, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment's Integrity and Enforcement Team confirmed that they were investigating if Alex Breingan should be disqualified from directing New Zealand companies.