Alister Grierson

Directing

Alister Grierson

Born

1969-01-01 (57)

Place of birth

Canberra, Australia

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alister Grierson is an Australian film director and scriptwriter. Born in Canberra in 1969, he completed his secondary schooling at Canberra Grammar, graduated in Economics and Arts from the Australian National University and studied Japanese in Tokyo. As an under 18 Australian Rules player, he represented the ACT in the Teal Cup but later switched codes to Rugby, playing 1st grade both for his school and the ANU. Whilst at university, his interest in film-making developed, and he later gained a Master of Arts in Directing at AFTRS. He has shot 15 short films winning three Tropfest awards and is the director of the feature film, Kokoda, which he co-…

Known for

Behind the camera

Sanctum poster
6.1

Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out.

Sanctum

2011

Bloody Hell poster
6.6

A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.

Bloody Hell

2020

Tiger poster
6.4

A practicing Sikh is banned by the boxing commission for refusing to back down from his religious beliefs. Through racial profiling and stereotypical threats, he does what any strong American would do: fight back.

Tiger

2018

Kokoda poster
6.2

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

Kokoda

2006

Kokoda poster
6.2

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

Kokoda

2006

Bomb poster
7.0

When a man thinks his day can't get any worse, he discovers he is driving a bomb.

Bomb

2005

Bomb poster
7.0

When a man thinks his day can't get any worse, he discovers he is driving a bomb.

Bomb

2005

Parer's War poster
NR

Parer's War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won Australia’s first Oscar. His desperate efforts to return to the battlefield to capture what he believed was the ‘truth’ of war were thwarted by his own government. Caught between two worlds, his own personal demons almost cost him the woman he loved.

Parer's War

2014