
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
🎬 Movies (30)

The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
2025
Self

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Self - Director (voice)

Only in Theaters
2022
Self

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
Self

Hal
2019
Self

Beaches
2017
Director

Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
2016
Self

I Believe in Unicorns
2015
Executive Producer

Ring of Fire
2013
Director

Strutter
2013
Director

American Grindhouse
2011
Herself

A Crush on You
2011
Director

Iconoclast
2010
Herself

Tales from the Script
2009
Self
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
2009
Self

The One Man Beatles
2009
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
Self

The Pacific and Eddy
2007
Executive Producer

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'

Wanderlust
2006
Herself
The Making of Border Radio
2002
Self

Sundance 20
2002
Herself

Things Behind the Sun
2001
Director

Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Allison Anders

Sugar Town
1999
Director

Lover Girl
1997
Executive Producer

Grace of My Heart
1996
Director

Cinefile: Reel Women
1995
Self

Four Rooms
1995
Director

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
Self
📺 TV Shows (17)

Mayans M.C.
2018
Director

Sorry for Your Loss
2018
Director

Riverdale
2017
Director

Graves
2016
Director

TURN: Washington's Spies
2014
Director

The Affair
2014
Director

Orange Is the New Black
2013
Director

Southland
2009
Director

The Mentalist
2008
Director

Indie Sex
2007
Self

Men in Trees
2006
Director

What About Brian
2006
Director

The L Word
2004
Director

Cold Case
2003
Director

Grosse Pointe
2000
Director

Sex and the City
1998
Director

Intimate Portrait
1993
Self