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Allison Anders is an American independent film director known for Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca and Grace of My Heart. She has a background in punk rock, a MacArthur Genius Grant and a Peabody Award, and has collaborated with Kurt Voss and Wim Wenders.
Allison Anders is a director, writer and producer of films and TV shows, known for Gas Food Lodging, Four Rooms, Sugar Town and more. She was born in Kentucky, had a troubled childhood and a mental breakdown, and worked as a production assistant for Wim Wenders.
- January 1, 1
- Ashland, Kentucky, USA
Allison Anders. Director: Gas Food Lodging. Anders weathered a rough childhood and young adult life which not only encouraged an escapist penchant for making up characters but also an insider's sympathy for the strong but put-upon women who people her films.
- November 16, 1954
- Jean-Luc Godard. A Woman Is a Woman. I blame this movie for starting me smoking again when I was in film school in the eighties. After becoming so smitten with all that Anna Karina embodies, I decided to wear blue tights with red skirts and smoke, constantly.
- Stanley Donen. Charade. The longer I live and the more movies I know, the more I love Stanley Donen. However, I fell in love with this film as a child.
- Robert Altman. 3 Women. Having lost Robert Altman in 2006, it’s so moving to hear his commentary on this wild, dreamy movie. I saw this film in the theaters when it was released and always loved it.
- Herk Harvey. Carnival of Souls. Another incredible thing about Criterion is that in addition to the classics, the treasures, the widely acclaimed, they also have a true love for cult and lowbrow cinema.
Jun 18, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Allison Anders, a Kentucky-born filmmaker who made Gas, Food Lodging and Mi Vida Loca. See her talk about her third feature, a vibrant mix of harsh reality and yearning romanticism, at Alamo Drafthouse on June 19.
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Jan 21, 2017 · The indie filmmaker talks about her decision to remake the 1988 melodrama for Lifetime, her respect for Garry Marshall, and her experience working in TV. She also shares her views on remakes, female friendships, and cutting in her head.
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Allison Anders is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker and a MacArthur "genius grant" recipient. She teaches courses on rock 'n' roll films, autobiographic writing, and music supervision at UCSB.