Allison Anders: Allison Anders. Director: Gas Food Lodging. Anders weathered a rough childhood and young adult life which not only encouraged an escapist penchant for making up characters but also an insider's sympathy for the strong but put-upon women who people her films. Growing up in rural Kentucky, Anders would always remember hanging onto her father's leg at age five as he abandoned her family. Traveling frequently with her mother and sisters,...
Known For: Gas Food Lodging (Director), Four Rooms (Director(segment The Missing Ingredient)), Sugar Town (Director), Things Behind the Sun (Director)