ALLEGRA IS A FILMMAKER FROM NEW YORK. AFTER GRADUATING FROM NYU’S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, SHE BEGAN HER PRODUCING WORK AS ASSISTANT TO KAYLA FOSTER (YOUR MONSTER, SUNDANCE ‘24) BEFORE SOLO PRODUCING TOE TAG (PROVINCETOWN ‘23), DIRECTED BY JORDON BOLDEN (HIGH MAINTENANCE, THE KILL ROOM). SHE PRODUCED AND STARRED IN FIN OPPOSITE DREE HEMINGWAY (HULU’S LOVE STORY). SINCE THEN, SHE HAS WORKED AS A PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR ON A NUMBER OF MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORT AND FEATURE FILMS. HER FILM WAS IT GOOD FOR YOU?, WHICH SHE WROTE, DIRECTED AND STARS IN, FEATURES REBECCA NAOMI JONES (SOMEONE GREAT, YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS).
ALLEGRA IS DRAWN TO HIGHLY STYLIZED, DEEPLY PERSONAL STORIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE CENTERED ON FEMALE AND YOUNG ADULT PERSPECTIVES, OFTEN INSPIRED BY HER RELATIONSHIP TO MUSICAL THEATER, HER ALL GIRLS’ SCHOOL BACKGROUND, AND THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY. A PROUD ALUM OF THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL, ALLEGRA SPENT MANY YEARS PERFORMING ON STAGE IN NYC, MOST RECENTLY AS EVA PERÓN IN EVITA.