Alex Bescoby is an English documentary film maker.

Early life and career

Alex attended

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham Grammar School for Boys is a boys' grammar school in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Admissions The school is a fully selective non-fee paying grammar school with admission via an entrance exam. Its previous status as a fo ...

in Greater Manchester from 1999 to 2006. He graduated from Cambridge University. In 2013, Alex came to Myanmar to work with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, and to research his book. One particularly fateful episode that gripped his imagination was the last few days of the reign of King Thibaw, the last King of Burma, whose rule was ended in 1885 by the British annexation of

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. Recent broadcasts include The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Canal+ International and the BBC. He's an independent advisor to the international development and private sector organisations on navigating political and social issues in fragile environments. He has recently completed the films ''The Last Overland'' (2019), ''Forgotten Allies'' (2018), ''We Were Kings'' (2017), and ''Who Stole Burma's Royal Ruby?'' Alex won the Whicker's World Foundation Award 2016 from the Whicker's World Foundation for his film ''We Were Kings''.

References

British documentary filmmakers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-bio-stub