Alexis Lloyd

• Name — Alexis Lloyd • Born — 1961 • Occupation — Screenwriter film director film producer

Lloyd studied literature at the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines (1981-1984) and public affairs at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Ecole nationale d'administration (1986-1988). He holds a Master in Literature and a Master in Law. He served as a civil servant with the Inspection générale des finances (France) from 1988 to 1992 and taught foreign affairs at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Lloyd is the co-author with Antoine Winckler of L'Europe en Chantier, a 1993 book on the history of the European Union published by Éditions du Seuil. He also authored several op-ed articles on foreign affairs for the French daily newspaper Libération.

In 1993, Lloyd began working on film acquisition and development with Claude Berri, Paul Rassam, and Jake Eberts, then on film sets as assistant director in Australia and New York. He moved to London in 1994 to run Guild Entertainment, an independent film distributor, then launched and became managing director of Pathé UK. At Pathé UK, Lloyd supervised the distribution operation, Pathé Distribution, and the production arm, Pathé Pictures, which won one of the three film franchises awarded by the Arts Council of England in May 1997. During his years at Pathé UK, Lloyd was the executive producer of The Claim, It Was an Accident, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, Love's Labour's Lost, and The Darkest Light. As head of Guild Film Distribution and Pathé Distribution, Lloyd oversaw the co-production and distribution of over 90 feature films, including box office hits Stargate, Austin Powers, The Fifth Element, Sleepy Hollow, All About My Mother, The Blair Witch Project, Memento, and Chicken Run. Under his direction, Guild Entertainment and Pathé UK acquired and distributed independent films such as Bound, Basquiat, Swingers, The Spanish Prisoner, Pi, and The Virgin Suicides.

• Year — Film — Credit — Notes • 2026 — Group: The Schopenhauer Effect — Writer, Director, Producer — Feature Film released by Helix Pictures • 2020 — Group — Writer, Director, Producer — Web Series aired on YouTube • 2012 — 30 Beats — Writer, Director, Producer — Feature Film released by Roadside Attractions • 2005 — Indiscretion (101) — Writer, Director, Producer — Short Film aired on France 2 • 2004 — Le 10eme Jour — Writer, Director, Producer — Short Film aired on France 2 • 2000 — The Claim — Executive Producer — Directed by Michael Winterbottom • 2000 — It Was an Accident — Executive Producer — Directed by Metin Hüseyin • 2000 — There's Only One Jimmy Grimble — Executive Producer — Directed by John Hay • 2000 — Love's Labour's Lost — Executive Producer — Directed by Kenneth Branagh • 1999 — The Darkest Light — Executive Producer — Directed by Simon Beaufoy