---
name: "Alister Hallum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alister-hallum"
fi1m_id: "alister-hallum"
imdb_id: "nm0356786"
tmdb_id: 2008348
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:42:52.476939+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."
---

# Alister Hallum

## Identity

Alister Hallum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alister-hallum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alister-hallum
- **IMDb ID:** nm0356786
- **TMDB ID:** 2008348
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008348

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008348

## Biography

Alister Hallum is a British television director. He began working in film and television in the 1970s as a director, producer and writer on documentaries and short films, including *Mud and Water Man* (1973) and *News from Nowhere* (1978).

From the late 1980s he directed numerous episodes of British soap operas and drama series. These include 23 episodes of *Emmerdale* between 1987 and 1994, four episodes of *EastEnders* in 1990, and one episode of *Minder* in 1991. Other credits encompass *The House of Eliott* (1992), *Heartbeat* (1995), *Hollyoaks* (2002–2006) and *Hollyoaks: Let Loose* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, emmerdale.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Dream Team* (1997), series, Director
- *The Man from Snowy River* (1994), series, Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *The House of Eliott* (1991), series, Director
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, Director
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Director
- *Minder* (1979), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *News from Nowhere* (1978), Script, Producer, Director

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