“Conor Allyn directs with an assured swiftness … daring to depict Mexico as complex and nuanced: welcoming, fascinating and menacing in equal parts. His most personal, and skillfully executed film yet.”
Writer-Director Conor Allyn’s most recent picture No Man’s Land was released theatrically by IFC Films in January 2021 and was #2 among box office new releases on opening weekend.
Prior, Conor directed Netflix original Walk Ride Rodeo which premiered in 2019 and was executive producer on festival winner I’m No Longer Here. After Netflix acquired the film at Tribeca, it was short-listed for best foreign language feature to the 2021 Academy Awards. In 2013, IFC Films released his action thriller Java Heat starring Kellan Lutz and Oscar-nominee Mickey Rourke.
In television, Conor has had pilot scripts optioned at Fox TV Studios, CBS Studios and Constantin Films. Conor is also writer/executive producer on an anthology film series with the Lifetime Network based on the books NYT best-selling author Ann Rule. Conor graduated Georgetown University and lived in Indonesia for three years where he wrote and directed the award-winning Red & White trilogy.