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| - Jim Alexander is a one-time writer for Sonic the Comic who presented the Sonic the Hedgehog and Tekno the Canary team-up, The Trickster. At a time when only three stories appeared per issue and when Nigel Kitching and Lew Stringer had written every story since the demise of the Sega Superstars strips, Alexander was drafted in by editor Deborah Tate to provide a one-off 2-parter. A lack of conversation with Kitching and Stringer meant that several plot-holes appeared, such as the reasoning behind Mr Fry being in the Metropolis City High Security Prison or why Sonic wasn't in Shanazar (although events like this have happened in the past). These points, as well as a weak story and working with unfavourable artist Mick McMahon meant that Alexander's stay with the comic wasn't a particularly favourable one.
- Alexander has accumulated more a hundred film and television credits over a period of 23 years. One of his earliest credits was the acclaimed 1971 science fiction film The Andromeda Strain, on which he worked with director Robert Wise. Wise went on to direct Star Trek: The Motion Picture eight years later. Alexander was nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Sound category for his work on the films Coal Miner's Daughter (1980, featuring set decoration by John M. Dwyer) and Terms of Endearment (1983, featuring art direction by Harold Michelson). He also received a nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards for Coal Miner's Daughter. His work for John Hughes includes Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, starring Alan Ruck), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Home Alone (1990), and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Alexander also teamed up with director Michael Ritchie on the films Fletch (1985), The Golden Child (1986), Wildcats (1986), and Fletch Lives (1989). Alexander's other film credits include Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972, starring Rene Auberjonois), Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Jaws 2 (1978), Heartbeeps (1981), Murphy's Romance (1985), Midnight Run (1988), and Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1991). His television work includes series such as Night Gallery, Kojak, Battlestar Galactica, Magnum, P.I., and Alfred Hitchcock Presents and TV movies such as 1972's The Hound of the Baskervilles (starring William Shatner and Anthony Zerbe) and several entries in the Columbo series.
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