Alison Klayman
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Alison Klayman (born 1984) is an American filmmaker and journalist best known for her award-winning 2012 documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.[1]
Life and career[]
Klayman grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Brown University in 2006 with a bachelor of arts degree in history. After her studies she went on a five-month trip to China with a college classmate and wound up staying to learn Chinese and work. She has contributed to PBS Frontline, National Public Radio and The New York Times.[2]
After meeting artist Ai Weiwei while filming his exhibit for a local gallery, she started shooting footage for a longer documentary in December 2008.[3][1][4]
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize and a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award.[5]
Klayman is Jewish.[6]
Filmography[]
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
- The 100 Years Show (2015)
- 11/8/16 (2017)
- Take Your Pills (2018)
- The Brink (2019)
- Jagged (2021)
Awards and honors[]
- Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award[7]
- DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary[7]
- Filmmaker Magazine "25 New Faces of Independent Film"[8]
- New York Times international list of 20 Directors to Watch[9]
- Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rohter, Larry (July 20, 2012). "Inside the Documentary 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "Alison Klayman | HuffPost". HuffPost. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (July 26, 2012). "'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,' on the Chinese Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Hawksley, Rupert (November 26, 2013). "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – Alison Klayman, the woman who showed the world Ai the man". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "Graduate School of Journalism Announces 14 Winners of the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards". Columbia News. December 19, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Garcia, Maria. "Documentarian Alison Klayman takes the long view on Stephen Bannon in 'The Brink'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Alison Klayman". IMDb.
- ^ "Alison Klayman".
- ^ "20 Directors to Watch". The New York Times.
External links[]
- 1984 births
- Brown University alumni
- American documentary filmmakers
- American Jews
- People from Philadelphia
- Living people
- Filmmakers from Pennsylvania
- Women documentary filmmakers
- Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy alumni