
Directing
Alison Murray
Nova Scotia - Canada
Alison Murray is a Canadian/British screenwriter and director based between Canada and Argentina. In 2020 shooting began on Murray's new feature film Ariel, developed with The Film Farm and produced by Cepa Cine. Production was halted by the global pandemic but completed in June 2021. Murray's documentary Caprichosos de San Telmo, shot on location in Buenos Aires, premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival and continued Murray's tradition of seeking to empower people living on the fringes. Murray's documentary Carny following the secret life of fairground workers, was broadcast on the Sundance Channel, Channel 4 UK and TVOntario. It premiered in the Hot Docs Festival and won best documentary in the Brooklyn International Film Festival. Mouth to Mouth, Murray's fictional feature debut (writer/director) starred Oscar Nominee Elliot Page. The film showcases Murray's signature choreographic style, woven into a powerful narrative about a search for belonging. It premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival and went on to win Best Feature Prizes at the Brooklyn International Film Festival, Berlin's Britspotting Festival, and Festival D' Annonay, France. Train on the Brain was Murray's documentary for Channel 4 UK and TVOntario, in which she rode the rails across North America armed with digital and Super 8 cameras, giving a platform to marginalized youth. Train on the Brain screened to a huge audience at Glastonbury Festival . Murray studied theatre writing, dance and choreography before moving into film. After completing an MA in Film at the Royal College of Art, Murray directed music videos and short films.
Acting credits
6.6A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Sybil
2007
8.0Psychological drama examining a mental breakdown of an English housewife.
Victims
1979
Newcomer Alison Murray ignites the screen as Ali Silver a Black Ops agent for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS). When Ali recovers a case containing an assassination plot and a formula for a biochemical weapon, she is sent on an operation to recover the substance and terminate its courier. an unknown terrorist, codename: VALAT. Upon arriving in the peaceful, serene locale of Waterton Lakes National Park she must team up with a local RCMP officer to track the terrorist all the way to the 49th parallel. The stakes are high in this taut espionage flick.
The Haven
2002
Behind the camera
7.2Argentina-born siblings unearth family secrets when they return to their birth country to dance tango.
Ariel
2023
7.2Argentina-born siblings unearth family secrets when they return to their birth country to dance tango.
Ariel
2023
5.5An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.
Mouth to Mouth
2005
5.5An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.
Mouth to Mouth
2005
A young woman leaves a Chinese takeaway where she has been working and get confronted by a pervert with a pair of pants on his head. The woman gains power over him by exposing him to her sexuality.
Pantyhead
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A young woman leaves a Chinese takeaway where she has been working and get confronted by a pervert with a pair of pants on his head. The woman gains power over him by exposing him to her sexuality.
Pantyhead
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Choreographer/Director Alison Murray takes club-style movements, gesture and game-playing as the basis for this celebration of youthful female camaraderie.
Horseplay
1995
1.0A portrait of the working class musicians and dancers of Buenos Aires's San Telmo neighborhood, who have channeled the city's many cultural influences into the street performance called Murga.
Caprichosos de San Telmo
2011
1.0A portrait of the working class musicians and dancers of Buenos Aires's San Telmo neighborhood, who have channeled the city's many cultural influences into the street performance called Murga.
Caprichosos de San Telmo
2011
NRThe delirious sexual fantasies of two bleached blondes in a car.
Kissy Suzuki Suck
1992
CARNY is an intimate, gritty and poetic adventure following the lives of 'carnys' - traveling fairground workers whose experiences are outside the normalcy of most North Americans.
Carny
2008
Alison Murray travels as a hobo on freight trains across Canada and the US. She gets to know the community of train riders, especially the many girls riding the rails.
Train On The Brain
2000