Michael Allcock

Storyteller

Michael Allcock has worked as a writer, director, and story editor on over 50 documentary films and series, including Fear of Dancing (Gem), Kubo’s Crickets (Bravo), An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet (Crave), Semisweet: Life in Chocolate (TVO), Final 24 (A&E), From the Vaults (CBC), and Investigation: Shark Attack (National Geographic). Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has been nominated and won multiple awards for his work—including a recent 2024 Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Factual, for the hit series, Thunder Bay (Crave).