17 Facts About Alex Graves

Alexander John Graves is an American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter.

Alex Graves's father, William Graves, was a reporter for The Kansas City Star and his mother, Alexandra "Sandy" Graves, worked for United States Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas.

Alex Graves's family moved to his father's home town of El Dorado, Kansas when he was young, when his father became a partner in the family drug store business.

Alex Graves quickly went on to direct 34 episodes of the series The West Wing, where he served as director, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, and ultimately executive producer.

Alex Graves won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his production work on that series.

In 2009, Alex Graves was asked by JJ Abrams to direct and executive produce the pilot of the Fox science-fiction series Fringe.

From 2010 to 2011, Alex Graves worked for Steven Spielberg to direct and executive produce the pilot of the Fox adventure series Terra Nova.

In 2011, Alex Graves directed a pilot for ABC entitled Poe, a re-imagining of the life of author Edgar Allan Poe, starring Natalie Dormer and Christopher Egan, which did not go to series.

Alex Graves then directed and executive produced the ABC pilot 666 Park Avenue.

In 2012, Alex Graves directed Showtime's Shameless for John Wells before being asked by Aaron Sorkin to direct his new HBO series The Newsroom.

Between 2012 and 2014, Alex Graves directed 6 episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones, 2 episodes in Season 3 and 4 episodes of the 10 produced for Season 4.

In 2015, Alex Graves was the executive producer of the supernatural medical television drama Proof on TNT.

In 2016, Alex Graves was chosen as director for Sony's upcoming Mulan live-action remake, but production was cancelled when Disney announced a competing production.

In 2017, Alex Graves directed two episodes of the Netflix original Altered Carbon.

In 2019, Alex Graves directed two episodes of the USA Network original Treadstone on location in Paris and New Delhi.

In 2022, Alex Graves was tapped to be executive producer on The Diplomat starring Keri Russell for Netflix.

Alex Graves has since directed 10 episodes of the series which is currently filming its third season.