Alison Millar

Alison Millar

Actor · Director · Producer

Cullybackey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Biography

A BAFTA, IFTA, RTS and Prix Italia winner, Alison Millar is one of the UK and Ireland's most respected documentary film-makers and the founder of Erica Starling Productions Ltd, an independent documentary production company in Belfast. She is a regular filmmaker for the Channel 4 investigative documentary series Dispatches, but she actually began her career in front of the cameras, co-presenting the legendary arts and crafts series for children, Hartbeat, with Tony Hart in the 1980s.

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Representative Works

Lyra
Lyra
5.0
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Sisters of the Lodge
Sisters of the Lodge
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The Disappeared
The Disappeared
7.0
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The Men Who Won't Stop Marching
The Men Who Won't Stop Marching
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Searching for Shergar
Searching for Shergar
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A Carryin' Stream
A Carryin' Stream
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When the Rapping Stops
When the Rapping Stops
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Lyra
2022Nominee

Best Director

Lyra

The Disappearance of Captain Nairac
2025Nominee

Best Director

The Disappearance of Captain Nairac

The Day Mountbatten Died
2019Winner

Best Picture

The Day Mountbatten Died

Career Highlights

The Disappeared
2013Highlight

Best Director

The Disappeared

The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper
2008Highlight

Best Director

The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper