Alison Klayman

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]

Filmography[6]

Awards and Honors

  • Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award[7]
  • DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary[8]
  • Filmmaker Magazine "25 New Faces of Independent Film" [9]
  • New York Times international list of 20 Directors to Watch[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Rohter, Larry (2012-07-20). "Inside the Documentary 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Alison Klayman | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  3. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (2012-07-26). "'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,' on the Chinese Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  4. ↑ Hawksley, Rupert (2013-11-26). "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Alison Klayman, the woman who showed the world Ai the man". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Graduate School of Journalism Announces 14 Winners of the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards". Columbia News. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Alison Klayman". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  7. ↑ {{Cite webhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3052903/awards?ref_=nm_awd
  8. ↑ {{Cite webhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3052903/awards?ref_=nm_awd
  9. ↑ https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/alison-klayman/#.WwS4OS-ZPOQ
  10. ↑ http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/05/movies/movies-20-young-directors.html?_r=2&hp
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