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Alison Ellwood

Producer, Editor, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn July 20, 1961 (64 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Gonzo
  • Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
  • Food Chains
  • Brick City

Known For

  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
  • History of the Eagles
  • The September Issue
  • How to Change Your Mind
  • The Go-Go's
  • Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
  • Laurel Canyon
  • Totally Under Control
  • Gonzo
  • Let the Canary Sing
  • Finding Fela
  • Casino Jack and the United States of Money
  • Catching Hell
  • The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood
  • American Jihad
  • Women of Troy
  • Spring Broke
  • American High
  • San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
  • Food Chains
  • My Trip to Al-Qaeda

Filmography

2024
2023
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2023
2022
2022
Medicating Normal (2020) · as Consulting Producer
2020
Totally Under Control · as Executive Producer
2014
Finding Fela · as Co-Producer
2014
Food Chains · as Consulting Producer
2013
Nine for IX (TV Series)
2012
30 for 30 Shorts (TV Series)
2011
2010
2010
2009
Brick City (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer
2009
The September Issue · as Consulting Producer
2008
2006
2005
2000
American High (TV Series)
1998
True Life (TV Series)

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