Alan McAlex founded Suitable Pictures in 2019 with a commitment to fostering both established and emerging voices. The company thrives on innovative, cinematic storytelling, crafting hyperlocal narratives with universal resonance. A prime example is Alan’s latest project, Boong, a Manipuri-language film that premiered at TIFF 2024.

In 2024, two of his projects premiered at Cannes. Santosh (Un Certain Regard) was also selected as the UK’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. Sister Midnight (Directors’ Fortnight), was equally well-received. Both films were nominated for the 2025 BAFTA Awards.

Before this, Alan had produced Liar’s Dice (2014), which premiered at Sundance, became India’s official entry at the Oscars. His 2015 film Killa (The Fort) won the Crystal Bear at Berlinale and was released in India, France (La Forteresse), and Sweden (Fortet).He also produced Nil Battey Sanatta (2016) and Moothon (2019) which premiered at TIFF 2019, opened MAMI, and was named one of The Hindu’s Top 25 Malayalam Films of the Decade and Fire in the Mountains (2021) which debuted at Sundance 2021 and won the Gender Sensitivity Award at the Critics’ Choice Awards 2024.

Expanding into episodic content, Suitable Pictures co-produced A Suitable Boy with BBC Studios, directed by Mira Nair, which premiered on Netflix. Their latest series, Poacher, a crime drama on Amazon Prime and premiered at Sundance 2023.

Alan also launched Production Scope, a production services company that has worked on Orlando von Einsiedel’s Into Dust, Scott Burns’ Extrapolations (Apple TV+), and Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky, starring Liam Neeson. Most recently, Production Scope completed Netflix’s Kaala Paani.