I’m Alan Thompson and I’m an award winning filmmaker from Baltimore, MD currently living and working in New York City. After studying film at Savannah College of Art and Design, I began working on various film sets and productions in the South (most notably on The Conspirator by my idol Robert Redford). After relocating to NYC more than 15 years ago, I’ve been working in documentary for just as long.

As a filmmaker, I’m fascinated with the lives of individuals who are often overlooked — along with their issues surrounding the environment, preservation and culture — and my goal is to present their stories in as authentic a manner as possible.

Films/videos I’ve produced and edited have been on ESPN, NFL Network, HBO, and digitally with NBC, UNICEF, UNHCR, Microsoft, Rainforest Alliance, LEGO Foundation and Sesame Workshop.

Films I’ve directed/produced/edited have screened at various film festivals including SXSW, Big Sky Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Marfa Film Festival; my feature documentary This Land won Best Film at the Black Hills Film Festival and is currently in distribution with Seed&Spark; my feature documentary We Stand Alone was screened at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Los Sandy’s is currently in the festival circuit and has screened at AmDocs Film Festival in Palm Springs, CA, Big Apple Film Festival, Dances With Festivals in Los Angeles and more to come.

My short film The Resettled was described as “…beautifully shot, informative, and so relevant… We are reminded that what we are witnessing is a turning point, a chance to start over, and what Lincoln himself might refer to as ‘a new birth of freedom.’ ” — Ken Burns, Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmaker.

The Resettled screened globally with the UNHCR as part of their initiative to spread awareness of the plight of refugees — most notably in France, Peru and Argentina.