Vanessa Alexander is an award-winning writer, director and producer best known for her work on THE GREAT (Thruline Entertainment/Hulu), which was nominated for Best Comedy Series and Best New Series at the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards.

With a great love of poorly-behaved but endearing female protagonists, and broad knowledge of history and science, Vanessa loves the collaborative process of writing across many genres.

She was a writer and co-executive producer on VIKINGS: VALHALLA (Netflix/MGM), and has also written for TIN STAR (Amazon Prime) in the UK.

Vanessa was nominated for an Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Award for her work on the comedy/drama series THE WRONG GIRL (Playmaker Media). She also wrote on the Australian dramas such as LOVE CHILD (Playmaker Media/Nine Network), and SECRET DAUGHTER (Screentime).

Prior to this, Vanessa worked extensively in New Zealand where she was the lead director of the acclaimed series OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (South Pacific Pictures), executive producer of Taika Waititi’s Oscar-nominated short TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT (2003), and the teen show BEING EVE (Magnolia Pictures), which received an International Emmy nomination.

Outside of her screen work, Vanessa has a B.A. in English Literature, a P.G. Dip in Directing, a Masters in Film and Television Theory and a Ph.D in Creative Writing.

With five children, one foster son, two ex-husbands and a mid-life crisis at clown school in Paris, Vanessa is rarely short of inspiration for a story.

For a full CV please contact info@rgm.com.au.