
Person
Alison Ellwood
Directing · Born 1961-07-20 · Australia
Biography
Alison Ellwood’s feature film directing credits include Let the Canary Sing, Laurel Canyon, The Go-Go’s, American Jihad, History of the Eagles, Spring Broke and Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place. Her television directing credits include Women of Troy for HBO Sports, The Osbournes: The Price of Reality for the A&E series Culture Shock, Locked In: The Victoria Arlen Story for ESPN’s 30 for 30 Shorts, CNN’s Death Row Stories, No Limits for ESPN’s Nine for IX series, The Human Behavior Experiments, the Emmy Award-winning series American High, The Travelers, and Sixteen. She has produced and edited several feature documentary films including Oscar-nominated Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Catching Hell, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, My Trip to Al Qaeda, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money. She was co-producer for the feature documentary Finding Fela and for HBO’s Brett Killed Mom: A Sister’s Diary. She was consulting producer for the Sundance series Brick City and two feature documentaries The September Issue and Food Chains. She was supervising producer for The Residents and 30 Days. She has edited for Bill Moyers Specials, the Discovery Channel, Sundance Channel, Showtime, and HBO’s America Undercover series.
Known for

True Life
Director

Tanner '88
Editor

How to Change Your Mind
Producer

Laurel Canyon
Director

The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest

American High
Producer

History of the Eagles
Director

Locked In
Director

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
Executive Producer

Spring Broke
Director
Filmography
- 2026Boy George & Culture ClubDirector
- 2024The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of HollywoodExecutive Producer
- 2023San Francisco Sounds: A Place in TimeExecutive Producer
- 2023Let the Canary SingDirector
- 2022How to Change Your MindProducer
- 2021Totally Under ControlExecutive Producer
- 2021The Go-Go'sDirector
- 2021The Eisen HourSelf - Guest
- 2020Medicating NormalConsulting Producer
- 2020Laurel CanyonDirector
- 2020Women of TroyDirector
- 2018Locked InDirector
- 2017American JihadDirector
- 2016Spring BrokeDirector
- 2013No LimitsDirector
- 2013History of the EaglesDirector
- 2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceDirector
- 2010Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyEditor
- 2010My Trip to Al-QaedaProducer
- 2008Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonEditor
- 2000American HighProducer
- 1999In Search of the Happy EndingEditor
- 1998True LifeDirector
- 1998Influenza 1918Editor
- 1996Prisoners of the War on DrugsEditor
- 1991Dominoes: An Uncensored Journey Through the SixtiesEditor
- 1990American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of AmericaEditor
- 1988An Empire of ReasonEditor
- 1988Tanner '88Editor
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