ALISON MILLAR
Alison is one of the UK and Ireland’s most respected documentary film-makers. She’s a BAFTA, IFTA, Grierson and Prix Italia winner with a reputation for making emotionally compelling films.
Trained at the National Film and Television School, Alison furthered her experience through working with Mike Leigh’s producer Simon Channing- Williams at ‘Imagine Films’ in London. She went on to make observational documentaries for BBC, ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 4 with many of the UK’s best-known independent production companies, as well as working in-house for the BBC Documentary Department.
Alison moved back to Belfast and founded Erica Starling Productions in 2010. Since she has directed and produced many award-winning programmes and, more recently, feature documentaries, including the multi award-winning LYRA.