BORN AND RAISED IN QUEENS // NYC
Allie Avital is a director and screenwriter.
Her work has been Vimeo Staff Picked nine times, featured in the New York Times, NPR, Nowness, Buzzfeed, PromoNews, "best of" lists, has been nominated for the Ciclopes (Music video VFX), Camerimage (Best Music Video and Best Cinematography), and the UKMVAs (‘18,‘17).
Her work has screened at SXSW Competition (Jury Recognition Award ‘19, ‘18), Sundance NEXT, BAM Cinemas, IFC, BUG, Havana Film Festival, and many more.
Allie’s short film “The Naked Woman” premiered on NoBudge in June 2019 and won the Audience Award on Short of the Week. She developed the feature version at the Venice Biennale Cinema College.
Allie is in early preproduction on her debut feature film, Public School.
She is represented for commercials and music videos by Smuggler, and Sugar 23 for Film/TV.
SELECT AWARDS:
2021 Ciclope Nomination - “Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu”
2019 Short of the Week Audience Award - “The Naked Woman”
2019 SXSW Jury Recognition Award - Moses Sumney “Quarrel”
2018 SXSW Official Selection - Moses Sumney “Doomed”
2018 Camerimage Nomination - Moses Sumney “Quarrel”
2018 UKMVA Nomination - Moses Sumney “Quarrel”
2017 Flux Screening at The Hammer Museum
2017 UKMVA Nomination - Moses Sumney “Worth It”
2014-2020 9 Vimeo Staff Picks: Moses Sumney “Me In 20 Years”, “Quarrel,” Worth It,” “Doomed,”Lonely World,” Autre Ne Veut “World war pt. 2”, I Am Going Home (Director’s Cut), Mutual Benefit “Advanced falconry,” Pains of Being Pure At Heart “Simple and Sure”
SELECT PRESS:
https://www.onepointfour.co/2019/04/22/frozen-out/
https://www.freethebid.com/allie-avital-x-moses-sumney/
http://www.onepointfour.co/2017/03/02/a-vital-film-maker/
https://www.freethebid.com/allie-avital-chromeo/
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/sxsw-winners-2019-alice-for-sama-1202050757/
https://www.promonews.tv/playlists/best-music-videos-2018-our-favourite-videos-year/56629