​Allison Oddman is a South Florida-raised, Los Angeles-based filmmaker who is passionate about bringing a diverse range of Black experiences to life on screens of all sizes. Hailing from a proud Jamaican household, Allison is dedicated to celebrating the cultural hybridities that govern their everyday life via film and television. Their work - an amalgam of Black cultures, gender identity and immigrant experience - has garnered them recognition from the likes of the Austin Film Festival and Stanford in Entertainment’s All Write Now competition. In 2021, Allison received a B.A. in African and African American Studies with Honors in the Arts from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Allison was a student fellow at the Insitute for Diversity in the Arts, served as artistic director of Stanford’s BLACKstage Theater Company, and interned at Sundance Institute, the Television Academy, and Firelight Media. Allison then worked as a Coordinator for Lifetime Original Movies before gaining admission to the prestigious University of Southern California’s MFA in Film and Television Production where they were awarded the selective George Lucas Family Foundation Endowed Student Support Fund for Production. Some of Allison’s biggest film inspirations include Barry Jenkins, Spike Jonze, Julie Dash, Dee Rees, and Alfonso Cuarón.