About

Originally coming from a theatre background Giles Alderson was part of the Royal Court and Soho Theatre Writers Programs, where he had many of his plays read and performed before he moved to film and TV, He has been making films for 14 years. Directing and writing his award winning debut feature The Dare for Millennium Films (Expendables), World of Darkness for WhiteWolf and Arthur and Merlin: Knights of Camelot for Signature Ent (Final Score) and Picture Perfect (Confession) as well as producing A Serial Killers Guide to Life (all are available to watch on Sky Store/Prime now).

His latest directed live-action feature The Stranger in our Bed, the thriller based on the best selling novel of the same name starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey), Ben Lloyd Hughes (Sanditon) and Emily Berrington (Humans) for Buffalo Dragon Productions has just been released on Showtime in the USA and on Sky Movies in the UK. His directed the WWII feature film Wolves of War for Signature Entertainment and Picture Perfect starring Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl), Matt Willis (Allies) and Rupert Graves (Sherlock) is available now on Prime, Sky Movies and Hulu.

Giles has recently produced Three Day Millionaire in starring Colm Meany (Con Air), Robbie Gee (Small Axe), James Burrows (This is England), Lauren Foster and Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood) for Shush Films, which he runs with Jack Spring. The film was released in UK cinemas in November 2022, went into the Top five on NETFLIX when released in 2023 and is now on Digital platforms

He also produced the dark sci fi feature Repeat starring Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts), Tom England (Cosmos) and Nina Wadia (Aladin) and the dark found footage horror feature film Followers for Parkhouse Pictures (Anna & the Apocalypse) starring Harry Jarvis (Free Dance) Nina Wadia (Bend it like Beckham) & Loreece Harrison (Black Mirror) both released in Nov 2021

He also makes visual i-dents, Commercials and brand media forming strong relationships with clients and companies alike.

His debut directed and co-written feature film The Dare, which won the Audience Award for Best Film at The Popcorn Frights Film Festival was shot at Nu Boyena Fllm Studios in Bulgaria and stars Richard Short (Mary Kills People) Bart Edwards (The Witcher) Richard Brake (Game of Thrones) Alexandra Evans (Redistributors) and Robert Maaser (1917) was been picked up Millennium Media (Hellboy, Expendables) for sales and is being distributed through Lionsgate & The Horror Collective from March 3rd 2020. The Dare reached No.3 in the Canadian Netflix charts.

He directed the TV pilot Not For Profit a comedy drama set in Sweden starring Annica Liljeblad (The Square) Bart Edwards (UnREAL) and Hannah Elström (Kingsman) as well as the web-series The Girl Whisperer for Little Rock productions. Produced by Zoe Rocha and starring and co-written by Ralf Little and The Heartless a TV pilot based on the life of The Libertines band

Giles is a voting member of BIFA and a member of BAFTA.

He is the creator and host of the No.1 Indie film-making podcast The Filmmakers Podcast

He is currently writing two screenplays and is filming his documentary Food For Thought with presenter, actor and Born Free Ambassador Dan Richardson.

Offerings

PODCASTS

Giles is host and owner of the popular The Filmmakers’ Podcast which he hosts weekly.

Guests have included Christopher McQuarrie, Stephen Fry, Simon Pegg, Joseph Kosinski, Neil Marshall, Mark Strong, Ben Wheatley, Timothy Spall, Julie Delpy, Joe Wright, Peter Dinklage, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Sarah Gavron, Sally El Hosaini, Mark Jenkin, Sean Anders, Fernando Merielles, Niahm Algar, Matthew Modine, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Peyton Reed & Sir Ian Mckellen

HOSTING

Giles hosts regular film-making events and Q&A’s including the Make Your Film panel event and recently at the BFI Future Film Festival.