Alison Bagnall is an American director, writer and producer. Before collaborating with Vincent Gallo on Buffalo '66 (1998), Alison wrote and directed numerous short films, including One Night Stand starring Pasolini's leading man, actor Franco Citti featured at the Florence International Festival of Independent Cinema and Love Perfect, which screened at festivals at Bellaria and Torino, Italy; in Annecy, France, and was bought by Italian television for broadcast. Alison is a graduate of Yale University, where she studied Humanities, along with theater and directing. After Yale, she was a directing fellow at the American Film Institute where she made three short films. While at AFI, she also directed an episode of 'Femmes" for the French television channel M6. After Buffalo '66, Ms. Bagnall joined up with another actor/writer Savannah Haske for her next project. That project became Piggie (2003), which was shot on location in Delaware County in upstate New York. In 2011 she directed and wrote The Dish & the Spoon , starring Greta Gerwig and in 2015 another film called Funny Bunny.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 3, 1964 (61)
- USA
- Actor, writer, director and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Alison Bagnall's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alison Bagnall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Alison Bagnall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
These Are My Friends! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Funny Bunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Dish & the Spoon(2011)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Alexander the Last(2009)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Nights and Weekends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Piggie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Buffalo '66(1998)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all filmsThe Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Film career
- 2008Screen debut· Nights and Weekends
How do Alison Bagnall's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Alison Bagnall work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alison Bagnall's MovieCove titles; Amy Seimetz shares the most, 2.
- Amy SeimetzShared titles: The Dish & the Spoon (2011), Alexander the Last (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Seimetz
