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Alison Ellwood
Australia
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 Ke…
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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.
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2026
Boy George & Culture Club
Movie Director
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2024
The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood
TV show Director
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2023
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Let the Canary Sing
Movie Director
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2022
How to Change Your Mind
TV show Producer
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2021
Totally Under Control
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
The Go-Go's
Movie Director
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2021
The Eisen Hour
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
Medicating Normal
Movie Consulting Producer
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2020
Laurel Canyon
TV show Director
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2020
Women of Troy
Movie Director
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2018
Locked In
Movie Director
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2018
Cultureshock
TV show Director
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2017
American Jihad
Movie Director
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2016
Spring Broke
Movie Director
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2013
No Limits
Movie Director
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2013
History of the Eagles
TV show Editor
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2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Movie Director
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2010
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Movie Editor
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2010
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Movie Producer
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2008
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Movie Editor
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2000
American High
TV show Producer
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1999
In Search of the Happy Ending
Movie Editor
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1998
True Life
TV show Director
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1998
Influenza 1918
Movie Editor
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1996
Prisoners of the War on Drugs
Movie Editor
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1991
Dominoes: An Uncensored Journey Through the Sixties
Movie Editor
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1990
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
TV show Editor
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1988
An Empire of Reason
Movie Editor
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1988
Tanner '88
TV show Editor
