Cast & creator
Allison Anders
Best known for The Mentalist, Riverdale, Orange Is the New Black
Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca and Grace of My Heart. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate Kurt Voss and has also worked as a television director. Anders' films have been shown at the Cannes International Film Festival and at the Sundance Film Festival. She has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant as well as a Peabody Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allison Anders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
47
film credits
17
television credits
22
1984–2025 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
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The Mentalist
Director
2008
Riverdale
Director
2017
Orange Is the New Black
Director
2013
Cold Case
Director
2003
Sex and the City
Director
1998
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Affair
Director
2014
The L Word
Director
2004
Southland
Director
2009
Mayans M.C.
Director
2018
TURN: Washington's Spies
Director
2014
Graves
Director
2016
What About Brian
Director
2006
Men in Trees
Director
2006
Paris, Texas
Production Assistant
1984
Sorry for Your Loss
Director
2018
Grosse Pointe
Director
2000
Indie Sex
Self
2007
Four Rooms
Writer
1995Four Rooms
Director
1995
I Believe in Unicorns
Executive Producer
2015
Welcome to Hollywood
Allison Anders
2000
Beaches
Director
2017
Gas Food Lodging
Director
1992Gas Food Lodging
Screenplay
1992
Grace of My Heart
Director
1996Grace of My Heart
Writer
1996
Mi Vida Loca
Director
1994Mi Vida Loca
Writer
1994
Rock N Roll Mamas
Executive Producer
2013
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
Self
2025
Things Behind the Sun
Writer
2001Things Behind the Sun
Director
2001
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
2006
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self - Director (voice)
2023
Only in Theaters
Self
2022
A Crush on You
Director
2011
Tales from the Script
Self
2009
American Grindhouse
Herself
2011
Sugar Town
Director
1999Sugar Town
Writer
1999
Strutter
Producer
2013Strutter
Director
2013Strutter
Writer
2013
Ring of Fire
Director
2013
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
1994
Lover Girl
Executive Producer
1997
Hal
Self
2019
Wanderlust
Herself
2006
Border Radio
Director
1987Border Radio
Writer
1987
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
1995
Sundance 20
Self
2002
The Pacific and Eddy
Executive Producer
2007
Made in the USA
Self
1993
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2020Acting for Douglas Sirk
Self
2008
The One Man Beatles
2009A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
Self
2009The Making of Border Radio
Self
2002In the Echo
Director
In the Echo
Writer
Iconoclast
Herself
2010
Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
Self
2016