Alyssa Rallo Bennett

Director / Producer / SINGER-SONGWRITER

Alyssa Rallo Bennett is a storyteller at heart, combining her passion for directing, producing, acting, writing, and music. Known as a singer/songwriter under the name RALLO, she was born and raised in NYC and trained at Tisch Drama. She began her career working with iconic directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Robert Benton, and Robert Lewis. Developing and co-producing Rain Without Thunder (Berlin Film Festival, starring Jeff Daniels, Ming-Na Wen & Steve Zahn), a human rights drama, she went on to direct her first feature, The Pack (Tribeca Film Festival, starring Lucie Arnaz & Elisabeth Moss), followed by Aberrant (Jack Quaid, Tibor Feldman), ReRUN (Christopher Lloyd), and her most recent feature, The Arrival (Gravitas Ventures, starring Pooya Mohseni).

Her notable festival shorts (Newport Beach, Soho FF, Beverly Hills FF) include Compulsion, Crowbar, The Finance of Art, and The Dishwasher. Most recently, she directed a new pilot, SCARECROW, starring Marin Hinkle and Kate Arrington. Alyssa is also the co-founder of Stonestreet Studios and the creator of the Tisch Drama–affiliated Screen Acting & Production Residency, where she has mentored talents such as Rachel Sennott, Miles Teller, Nik Walker, Rachel Brosnahan, and many others.

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