Allison is represented by Barbara J. Bird of The Characters Agency



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ALLISON BEDA — BIO
Director/Producer/Writer

AllisonAllison Beda formed her film production company A Muse Productions to create films that inspire and entertain. She turned her first career as a fashion model into her first feature documentary How To Be A Model (a Don Haig Award Nominee, presently airing on THE DOC CHANNEL). And her very first short film Know Your Alphabet toured Europe with the films of Stan Brakhage and continues to garner awards and recognition more than 10 years later! (it was recently honored at the Sadho Poetry Film Festival in India).

Allison is a ‘birth abroad’ born to Canadian parents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in Vancouver, Canada. She has a BA in film from Simon Fraser University, an MFA in film production from UBC and is an alumni (2008) from the prestigious Women In The Director’s Chair program. Allison has won awards for her work as a director and a writer, but also as an editor and cinematographer! She is one of only about six women in western Canada recognized by I.A.T.S.E. local 669 as a qualified camera operator, operating most recently on the CBC/CW network’s TV Series Aliens In America.

Allison was an episode director/writer for the last three seasons of The Shopping Bags and continues to be engaged by numerous up and coming bands to direct their EPKS and music videos. Allison is also thrilled to have been given the opportunity to explore the intersection of black comedy with music and dance in the BravoTV short 30-Love, and continues to collaborate with up and coming recording artists, choreographers and musicians!

Allison absolutely adores dark comedy and particularly loves making films about women who cause a lot of trouble! She is presently developing a number of feature film projects including The Take Out Girl, (a dark comedy feature, full of trouble making women!) with the assistance of Telefilm Canada and the NSI 'feature first' program.

 

ALLISON BEDA — FILMOGRAPHY

ONE DAY LA (2009) – short
NorthWest Film Center challenge

30-LOVE (2008) – short
BC Arts Council. Bravofact award, Kodak Images Award Nominee, Selected for world tour Moves09 Dance Film Festival, BRAVOTV Broadcast

JUST A MINUTE (2008) – short
Cineworks Production Fund recipient, Selected for world tour FEDAMEII Dance Film Festival

TEA PARTY (2006) – short
'Critics Pick' Vancouver Int. Film Festival

FALLEN (2005) - short
DGC/BC Film 'Kickstart' award, Don Haig Award Nominee, CBC 'zed' broadcast

HOW TO BE A MODEL (A 12 STEP PLAN) (2004) - feature documentary
1st Runner Up 'Best International Documentary' Downunder Film Festival
CBC 'ROUGHCUTS' Broadcast, THE DOC CHANNEL Broadcast

YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME, AND LOOK WHO IS FUCKING SORRY NOW (1997) - short Finalist New York Short Film and Video Festival
'Best of the Fest' NW Film Festival North American Tour, CBC ZED Broadcast

BE ZERO BE (1994) - short NFB Jack Long Award, WTN Broadcast

SO FAR OUT (1992) - short 1st Runner Up ' Best Scenario Mondiale Int. Film Fest.

KNOW YOUR ALPHABET (1991) - experimental short
Vip Film Berlin European Tour, Finalist Ann Arbor Film Festival
Finalist-Special Mention Sadho Poetry Festival India 2007

Allison is represented by Barbara J. Bird of The Characters Agency
t: 604.733.9800 ext. 345 f: 604.733.6000 c: 604.839.8532