Sean McAllister (filmmaker)
British documentary filmmaker (born 1965)
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Sean McAllister (born 2 May 1965) is a British documentary filmmaker.
Born
2 May 1965
Sean McAllister
2 May 1965
Kingston upon Hull, England
AlmamaterNational Film and Television School
OccupationFilmmaker
PartnerRuth Tilley
Sean McAllister | |
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| Born | Sean McAllister 2 May 1965 Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Alma mater | National Film and Television School |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Partner | Ruth Tilley |
| Children | Harry McAllister and 2 Others |
| Website | seanmcallister |
Filmography
- Flyingdales (1988) – Frontier Films
- Toxic Waste (1988) – Frontier Films
- Hessle Road (1988) – Frontier Films
- A Passing Thought (1989) – Frontier Films
- The Season (1990) – Homemade Films
- Crematorium (1993) – NFTS
- Life with Brian (1994) – NFTS
- Hitting (1995) – NFTS
- Just People (1995 / 1998) – NFTS / Channel 4
- Shoot out in Swansea (1997) – Vagabond Films / BBC
- Working for the Enemy (1997) – Mosaic Films / BBC2
- The Minders (1998) – BBC Modern Times[1]
- Settlers (2000) – Channel 4 True Stories[1]
- Hull's Angel (2002) – Channel 4 True Stories
- The Liberace of Baghdad (2004) – Tenfoot Films[1]
- Japan: A Story of Love and Hate (2008) – Tenfoot Films[1]
- The Reluctant Revolutionary (2012) – Tenfoot Films[1]
- A Syrian Love Story (2014) – Tenfoot Films[2]
- A Northern Soul (2018) – Tenfoot Films[1]
Awards
- Winner, Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2005[3]
- Winner, Best Ethnographic/Anthropological Film Boulder International Film Festival
- Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Documentary Festival
- Winner, Special award for the most valuable film on refugees, Cinema for Peace Foundation
- Winner of the Champ-Dollon Women’s Jury Prize at the 22d FIFDH for A Northern Soul.[4]
