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Alex Mercer(II)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Alex Mercer is an executive producer and producer known for The Assassin, The Tourist, Inside Man and Doctor Who. With a background as an assistant director, Alex's work spans scripted television drama, comedy and independent film. Credits include Peep Show, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Weekend, My Brother the Devil, Last Tango in Halifax, Broadchurch, Apple Tree Yard and The Durrells.
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    • Known for

    Chris New and Tom Cullen in Weekend (2011)
    Weekend
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2011
    Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald in The Tourist (2022)
    The Tourist
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Stormhouse (2011)
    Stormhouse
    3.9
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2011
    Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Keeley Hawes, Yorgos Karamihos, Anna Savva, Alexis Georgoulis, Josh O'Connor, Constantin Symsiris, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone, and Callum Woodhouse in The Durrells (2016)
      The Durrells
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017–2018
    • Emily Watson in Apple Tree Yard (2017)
      Apple Tree Yard
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • The Living and the Dead (2016)
      The Living and the Dead
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Gemma Jones, Toby Jones, Lesley Sharp, Rachael Stirling, and Robert Emms in Capital (2015)
      Capital
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Stellan Skarsgård and Nicola Walker in River (2015)
      River
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Cucumber (2015)
      Cucumber
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Jena Malone and Ed Stoppard in Angelica (2015)
      Angelica
      4.9
      • first assistant director: UK
      • 2015
    • David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)
      Broadchurch
      8.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2013–2015
    • Charles Dance and Rose Leslie in The Great Fire (2014)
      The Great Fire
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Iain De Caestecker and Katarina Cas in Liam and Lenka (2014)
      Liam and Lenka
      8.0
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • GameFace
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
      Call the Midwife
      8.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, Anne Reid, and Nicola Walker in Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
      Last Tango in Halifax
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2013
    • Joanne Froggatt and Eddie Marsan in Still Life (2013)
      Still Life
      7.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2013
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2011–2013

    Producer

    • Maya
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore in The Assassin (2025)
      The Assassin
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald in The Tourist (2022)
      The Tourist
      7.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Stanley Tucci, David Tennant, Dolly Wells, and Lydia West in Inside Man (2022)
      Inside Man
      6.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Keeley Hawes in Crossfire (2022)
      Crossfire
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • series produced by
      • 2022
    • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
      Doctor Who
      8.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2018–2021

    Additional Crew

    • Casualty (1986)
      Casualty
      6.2
      TV Series
      • assistant scheduler
      • assistant programme scheduler
      • 2008–2009
    • Every Time You Look at Me
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • floor runner
      • 2004
    • Tia Carrere in Relic Hunter (1999)
      Relic Hunter
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer's assistant
      • 2000

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