About Alison

Alison McDonald
Writer/Director Bio

Alison McDonald's TV writing credits include: Nurse Jackie, Everybody Hates Chris and American Dad!

A Fulbright Scholar and honors graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Columbia University's Graduate Film Division, Alison is also a veteran director of short films, including The Life & Times of Little Jimmy B., which aired on PBS, and won a Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award. Alison's other awards include fellowships from New York Women in Film & Television and the U.S. Department of Education. Alison is currently studying funny business at the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center in New York City.