Allison Otto

História

Allison Otto is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. In 2021 she won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for her short film, The Love Bugs. In 2013, Allison released her first film, Keeper of the Mountains, which won 15 awards, and screened at over 30 film festivals. The Thief Collector is her feature doc directorial debut.

Filmes

The Thief Collector
Director
In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, vanished into the Arizona desert after being cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the $160 million painting was found hanging in the home of Jerry and Rita Alter in rural New Mexico.
The Love Bugs
Director
Over the course of 60 years Charlie and Lois O'Brien traveled to more than 67 countries and quietly amassed the world’s largest private collection of insects, an entomological game-changer of 1.25 million specimens. These two renowned, married entomologists now grapple with Parkinson’s in their twilight years and realize a chapter of discovery and exploration is coming to a close in their lives. But Charlie and Lois live in a time when the beleaguered field of science needs them most, and the O'Briens know they need to keep fighting for the value of scientific knowledge. So they turn to their insects for a little help... This humorous and poignant documentary explores the love of Nature and the nature of Love--and what it means to completely devote oneself to both.