Alison Rich is a writer, director, and actor working in comedy. Her new narrative short PATHOLOGICAL (written, directed, & starring Alison) just premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Her previous narrative short TRAINING WHEELS (written, directed, & starring) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022. And her short before that, THE OTHER MORGAN (written, directed, & starring) premiered at SXSW in 2021. Alison currently has a feature in development with Becky Sloviter (Palm Springs, Pen15). She was selected to participate in the Sony Television Diverse Directors Program and is currently a semi-finalist in the NBC Female Forward Directing program. Alison has directed for the PGA Awards, Roku, and multiple viral videos for CollegeHumor.
As an actor, Alison currently recurs on Max's The Other Two. Previous credits include The Goldbergs, Drunk History, The Lonely Island's Popstar, 2 Broke Girls, Life in Pieces, Angie Tribeca, and more. She was a series regular on the Fox sketch show Party Over Here produced by The Lonely Island and Hulu's Resident Advisors produced by Elizabeth Banks. Alison appeared as a New Face at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
As a writer, Alison has staffed on Saturday Night Live, The Goldbergs, Billy on the Street, The MTV Movie Awards, and various comedy specials. She's also sold and developed shows for Comedy Central and TBS.