A native of Finland, Alanne graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in film and sociology. He began his career as a researcher and story editor for Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone. The two reunited in 2007 as Alanne penned Stone's upcoming Vietnam war drama PINKVILLE.
Alanne is next adapting New York Times best-sellers FRANKLIN AND WINSTON and THE LONG ROAD HOME. He recently wrote RAMPART: A DETECTIVE'S REQUIEM, about the infamous LAPD corruption scandal, for HBO Films. Because of his research for the film, Alanne was called to testify in Federal Court.
Among Alanne's recent television credits are the cop drama PRECINCT ZERO for FX and Regency Television, and the reincarnation mystery SECOND CHANCE for Beacon Television and ABC Studios. Alanne's other teleplays include his adaptation of Steffan Postaer's apocalyptic sci-fi novel THE LAST GENERATION for NBC, and the time travel thriller PARADOX and forensic drama THE BODY FARM for ABC.
Alanne's documentary film work includes VOICE OF DISSENT, which caused The Los Angeles Times to call for a reopening of the Robert Kennedy assassination investigation. Alanne also co-wrote and executive produced the History Channel's acclaimed HISTORY UNDERCOVER: TERROR STRIKES MOSCOW, about the tragic aftermath of the 2002 Moscow theater hostage siege.