Alison Klayman

Biography

Alison Klayman (born 1984) is an American filmmaker and journalist best known for her award-winning 2012 documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.

Career Overview

Alison Klayman has 33 screen credits in a career dating back to 2011. Signature works include White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, Jagged, The Brink. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

33

Birth Date

1984-01-01 00:00:00

Known For

• 

  White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
• 

  Jagged
• 

  The Brink
• 

  Take Your Pills
• 

  Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
• 

  Scenes from the Divide

Frequent Collaborators

• Benjamin O'Keefe (1 collaborations)
• Bobby Blanski (1 collaborations)
• Ryan Daharsh (1 collaborations)
• Jennifer Sheahan (1 collaborations)
• Dr. Anthony Ocampo (1 collaborations)
• Sapna Maheshwari (1 collaborations)
• Alan Karo (1 collaborations)
• Treva Lindsey (1 collaborations)
• Carla Barrientos (1 collaborations)
• Robin Givhan (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (13 credits)

  • Scenes from the Divide

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Coexistence, My Ass!

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • A Life Illuminated

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • Take Your Pills: Xanax

    executive producer

    production
    2022
  • Unfinished Business

    producer

    production
    2022
  • White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Jagged

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Brink

    producer

    production
    2019
  • On Her Shoulders

    executive producer

    production
    2018
  • People's Republic of Desire

    consulting producer

    production
    2018
  • Hooligan Sparrow

    executive producer

    production
    2016
  • Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    producer

    production
    2012
  • Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?

    producer

    production
    2011

• directing (13 credits)

  • Scenes from the Divide

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Unfinished Business

    director

    directing
    2022
  • White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Jagged

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Flower Punk

    director

    directing
    2019
  • The Brink

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Take Your Pills

    director

    directing
    2018
  • 11/8/16

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Welcome to the Idea Economy Ft. Hewlett Packard Enterprise

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Night Witch

    director

    directing
    2015
  • The 100 Years Show

    director

    directing
    2015
  • An Attack on Equality

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    director

    directing
    2012

• crew (1 credits)

  • Scenes from the Divide

    cinematography

    crew
    2026

• camera (3 credits)

  • Jagged

    director of photography

    camera
    2021
  • The Brink

    director of photography

    camera
    2019
  • Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    director of photography

    camera
    2012

• sound (1 credits)

  • Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    sound

    sound
    2012

• editing (1 credits)

  • Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    co-editor

    editing
    2012

• actors (1 credits)

  • Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2011