- Born
- Birth nameLeslie Allison Mattox
- Nickname
- Alli
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Allison Mattox is a writer/director who studied at USC and now lives in Brooklyn. A former evangelical homeschooler, Allison now writes about high control groups--from patriarchal ballet companies to Appalachian coal country.
In 2025, Allison’s feature screenplay, SPRAGGER, won Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Competition. Her feature script, ÉCHAPPÉ, was a semifinalist in the Austin Film Festival, scored in the Top 50 in the Launch Pad Competition, and placed in the Nicholl, Final Draft, and ScreenCraft Competitions. The short film version of ÉCHAPPÉ screened at over 20 festivals and won Film Pipeline’s Short Film Competition. Allison also directs theater and recently staged Sarah DeLappe’s THE WOLVES at the longstanding Flea Theater in NYC.
- IMDb mini biography by: MM
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Was a member of the USC Song Girls, where she was teammates with Teni Panosian and Jacquelyn Umof.
- Graduated in 2008 from the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre.
- Selected to attend the Virginia Governor's School for the Performing Arts in Dance.
- Was captain of her high school dance team and named a UDA All-Star for three consecutive years.
- Studied jazz and lyrical dance at DeGrasse Dance Studio.
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