Alison Murray is a British/Canadian screenwriter and director based between Toronto and Buenos Aires. Her latest feature documentary Caprichosos de San Telmo , which she shot on location in Buenos Aires, premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011 , and played in the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film, The London Argentine Film Festival , and at the London Curzon Bloomsbury/ Bertha Dochouse. In 2007 Alison's feature documentary Carny , following the secret life of fairground workers , broadcast on the Sundance Channel , Channel 4 UK and TVO . It premiered in the Hot Docs Festival , Toronto , and won best documentary in the Brooklyn International Film Festival. 2004 saw completion of Mouth to Mouth, Alison's first fictional feature film as writer and director . Hellhound was associate producer of the project , executive produced by Atom Egoyan . Starring Oscar Nominee Ellen Page , the film features Alison's signature choreographic style , woven into a powerful narrative about a search for belonging . The film premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival and went on to win Best Feature Prizes at the Brooklyn International FIlm Festival , Berlin's Britspotting Festival , and Festival D' Annonay , France. Mouth to Mouth was released theatrically in the USA, UK, Canada, and France. In 2003 Alison worked on an exciting micro budget collaboration with London based rapper Jonzi D. Aeroplane Man is a film adaptation of Jonzi D's hit theatre show of the same name. It aired on Channel 4 UK. Aeroplane Man was the first production through Hellhound, marking the company's inception. In 2000 Alison completed Train on the Brain , an hour long documentary for Channel 4 UK and TV Ontario, in which she rode the rails across North America armed with a DV and a Super 8 Camera, following the lives of young hobos . The film won the audience prize at the Hot Springs Film Festival , and also screened at the Seattle Underground Film Festival and the Sheffield International Documentary Festival . In June 2004 Train on the Brain screened to a huge audience at Glastonbury Festival . A DVD of the film was released in 2007. In 1999 Alison collaborated with theatre maker Marisa Carnesky on her controversial stage show, Jewess Tattooess , creating the film elements of the show and working as a consultant director . . In 1996 Alison directed Bloody Mess, in which violent screen fantasy meets real life responsibility, for BBC 2. Teenage Rampage, a look at ill-fated romance in South London, was for the 1996 Channel 4 series Midnight Underground . Bare Feet and Crazy Legs , exploring the African roots of jazz dance, was for the Arts Council of England. Between 1996 and 2002 Alison directed over twenty music videos for British pop acts such as The Sugababes , Busted , and B*Witched , and was nominated for a CAD award for Best New Director in 1997 , and for Best Pop Video in 2003. Alison's artistic activities have spanned from video installations for nightclubs to choreography for the Royal Opera House Garden Venture . She has staged two live theatre works - Decent Citizens and Blood , both in Belgium . The Institute of Contemporary Art in London presented a retrospective of her films in 1997 , and again in 2004 . Another retrospective of her work screened at the Tate Gallery London in 1998 , and at Toronto's Royal Theatre in 2007. Alison studied dance and choreography before moving into film but continues her involvement in dance. Most recently she and her husband Carlos Boeri won First Place in the Buenos Aires Tango Championships 2014.
