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Alison James
Perth, Western Australia, Australia2 credits
Alison James is an award-winning director and writer working between Los Angeles and Perth, Western Australia. She has directed three dramatic short films including Judas Collar, winner of the Austin Film Festival and St Kilda Film Festival.Alison James is an award-winning director and writer working between Los Angeles and Perth, Western Australia. She has directed three dramatic short films including Judas Collar, winner of the Austin Film Festival and St Kilda Film Festival. Alison won the Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Short Screenplay and Best Director at the St Kilda Film Festival. She was also nominated for an Australian Directors Guild Award and given a special Jury mention for Best Director at the Sydney Film Festival. Prior to her scripted work, Alison was a director on more than fifty hours of television, working for broadcasters including Discovery, National Geographic, Network 7 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Alison has filmed extensively in regional and remote Australia as well as China, Honduras, Germany, England, Ireland, Iceland and the United States. She was also field director on two seasons of Outback Truckers, filming in remote and punishing conditions, riding alongside Australia's toughest truck drivers.Show more
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