Alison Wilson

Australian filmmaker and director, Spain

Alison Jayne Wilson is an Australian filmmaker based in Spain. She studied International Relations, Communications and Media at the University of Southern Queensland and the University of New South Wales (BA, Grad Dip, LOTE, Spanish, LATAM and Iberian Studies) in Australia. She worked in communications and project management for peak bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations for 10 years before crossing over to documentary filmmaking 7 years ago. Her last feature EXIT which shines a light on human trafficking premiered at the Academy Award qualifying San Diego International Film Festival and collected awards across the globe before finding a place on top streaming platforms. She has followed with The Girl From Salonika a short documentary (36 mins) telling the true story of Mazaltov ‘Fofo’ Behar, one of the few survivors of Nazi sterilization experiments at the notorious Block 10 Auschwitz-Birkenau. She is currently in development on another documentary adapting the true story of Frank Berke a quiet Jewish tailor who joined the war effort and became a Chindit before capture by the Japanese Army deep in the Burmese jungle. The working title for the feature Captured Behind Enemy Lines (with author Dan Berke, Pen and Sword publications) follows Frank and his fellow POW’s in Burma. Again, medical ethics and the use of POW’s in experiments will be touched upon.