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]

Alison Klayman, 2019

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]

Klayman is Jewish.[6]

Filmography

Awards and honors
  • Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award[7]
  • DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary[7]
  • Filmmaker Magazine "25 New Faces of Independent Film"[8]
  • New York Times international list of 20 Directors to Watch[9]
  • Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance[7]

References
  1. Rohter, Larry (July 20, 2012). "Inside the Documentary 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. "Alison Klayman | HuffPost". HuffPost. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. Dargis, Manohla (July 26, 2012). "'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,' on the Chinese Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. Hawksley, Rupert (November 26, 2013). "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – Alison Klayman, the woman who showed the world Ai the man". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. "Graduate School of Journalism Announces 14 Winners of the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards". Columbia News. December 19, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. Garcia, Maria. "Documentarian Alison Klayman takes the long view on Stephen Bannon in 'The Brink'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  7. "Alison Klayman". IMDb.
  8. "Alison Klayman".
  9. "20 Directors to Watch". The New York Times.
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