Alison was one of five directors chosen by Lena Waithe for AT&T's 2019 Hello Lab Mentorship Program. There she directed her short film, FRAGILE.COM, which has garnered over two million views on Gunpowder and Sky’s horror platform, ALTER. Her AFI thesis film, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER, has also been released on ALTER and has received a number of nominations and award wins on its festival run including wins for best director, best short, and honors for women in horror.
Alison is developing various film and TV projects that utilize horror as a means to explore character. In film, her original sci-fi /horror, EXPERIENCERS, is being produced by Catch Light with Alison attached to direct, and is currently casting. She is attached to direct ZOMBIE FARM for Highland Media, and she wrote horror feature, SOLSTICE, for BoulderLight Pictures as well as the narrative for Michael Giacchino's sci-fi exotica album, TRAVELOGUE: VOLUME 1.
NOMINATIONS
FESTIVALS
The Tostevin Award
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Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Best Female Filmmaker
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Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Tobe Award
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Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Best U.S. Genre Short
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Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Best U.S. Actor
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Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Best Director - Short
FRAGILE.COM
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2020
Best Screenplay - Short
FRAGILE.COM
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2020
Best Actress - Short
FRAGILE.COM
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2020
Best Supporting Actor - Short
FRAGILE.COM
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2020
Filmmaker of the Year
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San Angelo Revolution Film Festival - 2020
Best Recurring Nightmare
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Nightmares Film Festival - 2019
Best Student Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2019
Best Director (Short)
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
New Orleans Horror Film Festival - 2019
Best Short Film
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
New Orleans Horror Film Festival - 2019
Best Female Filmmaker
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
New Orleans Horror Film Festival - 2019
Best Actress (Short)
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
New Orleans Horror Film Festival - 2019
Best Horror Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
UNDO Divergent Film Awards - 2019
Best Actress
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
UNDO Divergent Film Awards - 2019
Best Produced Script Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Female Filmmaker of the Year
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Best Writer / Director
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Best U.S. Genre Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Best Genre Filmmaker
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Women in Horror Award
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Best Editing Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
Best Produced Screenplay Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival - 2019
Best Director Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Nightmares Film Festival - 2018
Best Thriller Short
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Nightmares Film Festival - 2018
Best Animated Short
THE LAST DANCE
EVVYs Film Festival - 2014
Austin Film Festival - 2021
Semi Finalist Script Competition
THE CALDERA PROJECT (Script)
Final Girls Film Festival - 2021
FRAGILE.COM
Film Maudit 2.0 Film Festival - 2021
FRAGILE.COM
Deep Focus Film Festival - 2021
Honorable Mention
FRAGILE.COM
Screencraft Sci-Fi Competition - 2020
Finalist
THE CALDERA PROJECT (Script)
Nightmares Film Festival - 2020
FRAGILE.COM
Austin Film Festival - 2020
Second Round Script Competition
LAMBS (Script)
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2020
FRAGILE.COM
Screamfest Horror Film Festival - 2020
FRAGILE.COM
deadCenter Film Festival - 2020
FRAGILE.COM
Roswell Film Festival - 2020
FRAGILE.COM
Women in Horror Film Festival - 2020
Semi-Finalist
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2020
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San Angelo Revolution Film Festival - 2020
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Austin Film Festival - 2019
Second Round Script Competition
MY BEST FRIEND'S CORPSE (Script)
HorrOrigins Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Nightmares Film Festival - 2019
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Reel East Texas Film Festival - 2019
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New Orleans Horror Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Female Eye Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
FilmQuest Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
UNDO Divergent Film Awards - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Finalist - Film Series at Cine Gear Expo - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Etheria Film Night - 2019
Finalist
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE OTHER
deadCenter Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Sun Valley Film Festival - 2019
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Little Terrors Short Film Festival - 2018
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
NYC Horror Film Festival - 2018
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Nightmares Film Festival - 2018
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Freak Show Horror Film Festival - 2018
YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
Cannes Short Film Corner Selection - 2014
THE LAST DANCE
Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival - 2014
THE LAST DANCE
Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival - 2014
IMAGINARIUM
EVVYs Film Festival - 2014
THE LAST DANCE