
Person
Allison Anders
Directing · Born 1954-11-16 · Ashland, Kentucky, USA
Biography
Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca and Grace of My Heart. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate Kurt Voss and has also worked as a television director. Anders' films have been shown at the Cannes International Film Festival and at the Sundance Film Festival. She has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant as well as a Peabody Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allison Anders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Mentalist
Director

Riverdale
Director

Orange Is the New Black
Director

Sex and the City
Director

Cold Case
Director

Intimate Portrait
Self

Southland
Director

The Affair
Director

The L Word
Director

Mayans M.C.
Director
Filmography
- 2025The Secret Lives of Bill BartellSelf
- 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven AllowedSelf - Director (voice)
- 2022Only in TheatersSelf
- 2020Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?Self
- 2019HalSelf
- 2018Sorry for Your LossDirector
- 2018Mayans M.C.Director
- 2017RiverdaleDirector
- 2017BeachesDirector
- 2016GravesDirector
- 2016Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the LensSelf
- 2015I Believe in UnicornsExecutive Producer
- 2014The AffairDirector
- 2014TURN: Washington's SpiesDirector
- 2013Orange Is the New BlackDirector
- 2013Ring of FireDirector
- 2013StrutterProducer
- 2011A Crush on YouDirector
- 2011American GrindhouseHerself
- 2010IconoclastHerself
- 2009The One Man Beatles
- 2009SouthlandDirector
- 2009A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison AndersSelf
- 2009Tales from the ScriptSelf
- 2008Acting for Douglas SirkSelf
- 2008The MentalistDirector
- 2007Indie SexSelf
- 2007The Pacific and EddyExecutive Producer
- 2006Men in TreesDirector
- 2006This Film Is Not Yet RatedSelf - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
- 2006WanderlustHerself
- 2006What About BrianDirector
- 2004The L WordDirector
- 2003Cold CaseDirector
- 2002Sundance 20Herself
- 2002The Making of Border RadioSelf
- 2001Things Behind the SunWriter
- 2000Welcome to HollywoodAllison Anders
- 2000Grosse PointeDirector
- 1999Sugar TownDirector
- 1998Sex and the CityDirector
- 1997Lover GirlExecutive Producer
- 1996Grace of My HeartDirector
- 1995Four RoomsDirector
- 1995Cinefile: Reel WomenSelf
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelf
- 1994Mi Vida LocaWriter
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
- 1993Made in the USASelf
- 1992Gas Food LodgingDirector
- 1987Border RadioDirector
- 1984Paris, TexasProduction Assistant
- —In the EchoDirector
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