Alison Ellwood is an Australian documentary filmmaker known for such films as ', Laurel Canyon, and How to Change Your Mind.
Ellwood was born in Australia in 1961. She wanted to be a photojournalist as a kid and attended film school at New York University. After grading in 1983, she began editing films in New York City. She transitioned into producing in the 1990s, starting with the 1996 film Brett Killed Mom: A Sister's Diary.
In 2020, she released a documentary film about The Go-Go's. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won a Critics Choice Award for Best Music Documentary.