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Sean McAllister

Born	Sean McAllister (1965-05-02) 2 May 1965 (age 58) Kingston upon Hull, England
Alma mater	National Film and Television School
Occupation	Filmmaker
Partner	Ruth Tilley
Children	3
Website	seanmcallister.com

Sean McAllister (born 2 May 1965) is a British documentary filmmaker.

Filmography[edit]

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[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

Lists of directors and producers of documentaries

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sean McAllister at IMDb
^ "A Syrian Love Story selected after BFI Film Fund pitching session". British Film Institute. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Nonfiction Has Its Day at Sundance". The New York Times. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
^ Economou, Vassilic (18 March 2024). "The 22nd FIFDH announces its award winners". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links[edit]

Official website
Sean McAllister at IMDb
"McAllister unhinges the nail that sticks out sorely – a review of Japan: A Story of Love and Hate" by Rebecca Frankel, Channel Four, Four Docs, 12 November 2008. retrieved 15 November 2008
Japan: A Story of Love and Hate by The Passionate Eye for CBC

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