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Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca and Grace of My Heart. [1] [2] Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate Kurt Voss and has also worked as a television director.
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. Growing up in rural Kentucky, Anders would always remember hanging onto her father's ...
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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. Growing up in rural Kentucky, Anders would always remember hanging onto her father's leg at age five as he abandoned her family ...
- 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.
Growing up in rural Kentucky, Allison Anders survived a brutal gang rape age 12; three years later she fled to LA with her mother and sister after her stepfather threatened her with a gun. When she enrolled at UCLA film school a few years later, she was a single mother getting by on waitressing and welfare.
Jan 21, 2017 · Allison Anders on Why Remaking ‘Beaches’ Made Sense, And What She’s Learned From Directing TV. The groundbreaking indie legend was too "punk rock" for the original Garry Marshall film ...
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Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. Anders has directed many independent films, on which she frequently collaborates with fellow UCLA film school graduate Kurt Voss. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allison Anders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
