Allison Anders

Career Overview

Allison Anders has 56 screen credits in a career dating back to 1984. Signature works include Four Rooms, Beaches, Grace of My Heart. 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

56

Birth Date

1954-11-16

Birth Place

Ashland, Kentucky, USA

Known For

• 

  Four Rooms
• 

  Beaches
• 

  Grace of My Heart
• 

  Mi Vida Loca
• 

  Gas Food Lodging
• 

  Ring of Fire

Frequent Collaborators

• Sissy Boyd (3 collaborations)
• Ione Skye (2 collaborations)
• Amanda de Cadenet (2 collaborations)
• Salma Hayek Pinault (2 collaborations)
• Jeffrey McDonald (2 collaborations)
• J. Mascis (2 collaborations)
• Jacob Vargas (2 collaborations)
• Carlos Rivas (2 collaborations)
• Tim Roth (1 collaborations)
• Jennifer Beals (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (9 credits)

  • In the Echo

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Strutter

    writer

    writing
    2013
  • Things Behind the Sun

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • Sugar Town

    writer

    writing
    1999
  • Grace of My Heart

    writer

    writing
    1996
  • Four Rooms

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • Mi Vida Loca

    writer

    writing
    1994
  • Gas Food Lodging

    screenplay

    writing
    1992
  • Border Radio

    writer

    writing
    1987

• directing (21 credits)

  • In the Echo

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Mayans M.C.

    - My Eyes Filled and Then Closed on the Last of Childhood Tears (2023) ... director directing

    - Kukulkan (2019) ... director directing
    2018
  • Beaches

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Riverdale

    - Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks (2017) ... director directing

    - Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place (2017) ... director directing
    2017
  • The Affair

    - 509 (2019) ... director directing
    2014
  • TURN: Washington's Spies

    - False Flag (2015) ... director directing
    2014
  • Ring of Fire

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Strutter

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Orange Is the New Black

    - You Also Have a Pizza (2014) ... director directing
    2013
  • A Crush on You

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Mentalist

    - The Red Barn (2013) ... director directing
    2008
  • The L Word

    - Last Dance (2006) ... director directing
    2004
  • Cold Case

    - Volunteers (2004) ... director directing
    2003
  • Things Behind the Sun

    director

    directing
    2001
  • Sugar Town

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Sex and the City

    - The Big Time (2000) ... director directing

    - Drama Queens (2000) ... director directing

    - Are We Sluts? (2000) ... director directing

    - La Douleur Exquise! (1999) ... director directing

    - The Caste System (1999) ... director directing
    1998
  • Grace of My Heart

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Four Rooms

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Mi Vida Loca

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Gas Food Lodging

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Border Radio

    director

    directing
    1987

• actors (21 credits)

  • The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

    Self - Director (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Only in Theaters

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Hal

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • American Grindhouse

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Iconoclast

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The One Man Beatles

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Tales from the Script

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Acting for Douglas Sirk

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Wanderlust

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Sundance 20

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Making of Border Radio

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Allison Anders

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Cinefile: Reel Women

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Made in the USA

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Intimate Portrait

    - Rosanna Arquette ... Self actor actors
    1993

• production (5 credits)

  • I Believe in Unicorns

    executive producer

    production
    2015
  • Strutter

    producer

    production
    2013
  • The Pacific and Eddy

    executive producer

    production
    2007
  • Lover Girl

    executive producer

    production
    1997
  • Paris, Texas

    production assistant

    production
    1984