Directing

Alison Millar

Cullybackey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

A BAFTA, IFTA, RTS and Prix Italia winner, Alison Millar is one of the UK and Ireland's most respected documentary film-makers and the founder of Erica Starling Productions Ltd, an independent documentary production company in Belfast. She is a regular filmmaker for the Channel 4 investigative documentary series Dispatches, but she actually began her career in front of the cameras, co-presenting the legendary arts and crafts series for children, Hartbeat, with Tony Hart in the 1980s.

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Known for

LyraViewing moment
Lyra
2022
The Changin' Times of Ike White★ 6Viewing moment
The Changin' Times of Ike White
2020
The Father, the Son and the HousekeeperViewing moment
The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper
2008
The Day Mountbatten Died★ 10Viewing moment
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019
Accused a Mother on trailViewing moment
Accused a Mother on trail
2020
Showbands: How Ireland Learned to PartyViewing moment
Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party
2019
The Disappeared★ 6Viewing moment
The Disappeared
2013
A Carryin' StreamViewing moment
A Carryin' Stream
2019

Frequent collaborators

Sam CollynsSam CollynsBill ClintonBill ClintonBill PatersonBill PatersonStevie WonderStevie WonderArdal O'HanlonArdal O'HanlonMargo HarkinMargo HarkinGreg ErricoGreg ErricoDes LeeDes Lee