Alison Klayman
American filmmaker, journalist
Alison Klayman is an American filmmaker and journalist.
Klayman has produced radio and television feature stories for PBS Frontline, NPR’s All Things Considered, and others. Her movie, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, documents Ai Weiwei and his work. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award, nominated for two Emmy’s, and earned Alison a Director’s Guild of America nomination. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize, and was picked up by IFC Films. Never Sorry has now been translated into over 26 languages and released around the world. It was also one of the highest grossing films of 2012 directed by a woman.
Alison has made many media appearances to speak about her documentary work, including on The Colbert Report. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times’ Emmy-nominated Op-Doc Series, and a grant recipient of the Ford Foundation, Sundance Institute, Henry Luce Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Chicken and Egg Pictures. In 2011 she was a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” New York Times chief film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis named Alison one of their 20 Directors to Watch on a list of rising international filmmaking talents under 40.
Klayman was hosted by The Common Good in 2012 for a Special Screening: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
Twitter: @aliklay
