---
name: "Alison Tatlock"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock"
fi1m_id: "alison-tatlock"
imdb_id: "nm0851266"
tmdb_id: 1825196
wikidata_id: "Q136892337"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:41:12.290634+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alison Tatlock

## Identity

Alison Tatlock

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alison-tatlock
- **IMDb ID:** nm0851266
- **TMDB ID:** 1825196
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136892337
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136892337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1825196

Writer and producer. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [Ariel Levine](https://film.one/person/ariel-levine.md), [Gordon Smith](https://film.one/person/gordon-smith.md), [Larysa Kondracki](https://film.one/person/larysa-kondracki.md), [Melissa Bernstein](https://film.one/person/melissa-bernstein.md), [Michael Morris](https://film.one/person/michael-morris.md), [Rhea Seehorn](https://film.one/person/rhea-seehorn.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (3), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136892337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1825196

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84), [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77)
- **AMC+:** [*Halt and Catch Fire*](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alison Tatlock is an American television writer and producer. She wrote one episode of the first season of *Stranger Things* (2016) and served as co-producer on the series. She has also written episodes of *Better Call Saul* (2018–2022), *Halt and Catch Fire* (2016–2017), *Pluribus* (2025), *The Whispers* (2015), *In Treatment* (2010) and *A Gifted Man* (2011–2012).

Tatlock holds a BA in Literature from Yale University and an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego. She began her career as a theatre actor and playwright before transitioning to television writing. Earlier work included a decade with the Los Angeles non-profit Street Poets, running writing workshops in juvenile detention centres and schools. She has received multiple Primetime Emmy nominations for her producing and writing work.

*Sources: imdb.com, bostonglobe.com, sloanfilmsummit.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Writer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Producer, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Brave New World* (2020), series, Consulting Producer
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *The Whispers* (2015), series, Writer
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *A Gifted Man* (2011), series, Writer
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Writer
- *Memron* (2004), as Sandy Kofax
- *Secretary* (2002), as TV Reporter
- *Cradle Will Rock* (1999), as Reporter

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