Alison Millar started her career in Beaconsfield at the National Film & Television School in the Documentary department. Since then she has directed, produced, filmed and executive produced observational documentaries and current affairs films for BBC One, Two, Four and Channel Four television. She is one of the most respected documentary filmmakers in the UK and Ireland,
Having won a BAFTA and a string of prestigious awards for her films all over the world - the Prix Italia, Prix Europa, Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and Royal Television Society Awards in 2021 she made her first feature length documentary with a cinema release ‘Lyra’.
Well-known and respected for her sensitivity in filming ‘difficult subjects’, critics write of her work as ‘giving a voice to those who are the most vulnerable in society’.
She is also a rigorous journalist who strives to tell the truth, no matter how difficult the story may be.