Alison Millar

Alison Millar started her career in Beaconsfield at the National Film & Television School in the Documentary department. Since then she has directed, produced, filmed and executive produced observational documentaries and current affairs films for BBC One, Two, Four , RTE, TG4 and Channel Four television.
Having won a BAFTA and a string of prestigious awards for her films all over the world - the Prix Italia, Prix Europa, Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and Royal Television Society Awards in 2022 she made her first feature length documentary with a cinema release ‘Lyra’. The film tells the story of her close friend - journalist Lyra McKee who was killed as she observed a riot in Derry, Northern Ireland in 2019. ‘Lyra’ to date has won seventeen International awards.