---
name: "Ally Pankiw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ally-pankiw"
fi1m_id: "ally-pankiw"
imdb_id: "nm5294992"
tmdb_id: 2426910
wikidata_id: "Q122350007"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:15:45.554264+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."
---

# Ally Pankiw

## Identity

Ally Pankiw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ally-pankiw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ally-pankiw
- **IMDb ID:** nm5294992
- **TMDB ID:** 2426910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q122350007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Pankiw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122350007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5294992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2426910

Director. Born 14 November 1986 in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 November 1986, Canada
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Alyssa Pankiw
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 writing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Pankiw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122350007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5294992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2426910

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*The Great*](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Ally Pankiw is a Canadian director and screenwriter. She directed episodes of the series *Black Mirror*, including 'Joan Is Awful'. She directed the first season of *Feel Good* and episodes of *Shrill* and *The Great*.

Pankiw was a story editor on *Schitt's Creek*. Her debut feature film *I Used to Be Funny*, which she wrote and directed, premiered at SXSW in 2023. She has also directed music videos and short films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cbc.ca.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), Fi1m 82, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *PONIES* (2026), series, Director
- *Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery* (2025), Director, Executive Producer
- *I Used to Be Funny* (2024), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Great* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Feel Good* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Shrill* (2019), series, Director
- *The Inherent Traits of Connor James* (2018), Writer, Director
- *Stake* (2016), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), series, Story Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Standing By*, series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Hiding House*, Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Ally Pankiw](https://film.one/media/person/46739/gallery-6de549ef6029.jpg) Ally Pankiw — Patrick.suechan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ally_Pankiw_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ally_Pankiw_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ally Pankiw](https://film.one/media/person/46739/gallery-08630a373a6c.jpg) Ally Pankiw — Image via TMDB

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