Alison McDonald is a FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR, HUMANITAS PRIZE WINNER, EMMY, and BAFTA AWARD nominated veteran TV writer-director, whose diverse credits include AMERICAN DAD!, NURSE JACKIE, and the remake of ROOTS, for which she received WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA and NAACP IMAGE AWARD nominations.

Recent credits include: Co-Executive Producer on legal thriller YOUR HONOR, a Netflix “Top 10” series, starring Bryan Cranston; Co-Executive Producer on the second season of Emmy Award-winning dark comedy RUSSIAN DOLL, created by and starring Natasha Lyonne.

Additionally, Alison has developed projects with Warren Littlefield (The Handmaid’s Tale), Will Packer (Girls Trip), and sold pilots to HBO, NBC, and ABC. Alison has also served as a script consultant for Amazon Studios.

Alison wrote, directed, and served as Executive Producer on AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY: SUMMER CAMP, featuring Camryn Manheim, for which she received EMMY, DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, WGA, and NAACP IMAGE AWARD nominations.

Alison’s other awards include a DGA STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD and fellowships from New York Women in Film & Television, and the U.S. Department of Education. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Columbia University’s Film Division, and the UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE.

Alison is a proud member of the DGA, WGA, and ASCAP.