Alyssa Rallo Bennett was born and raised in NYC, and trained at Tisch-Drama, she began her career working with directors like Zeffirelli, Scorsese, Robert Benton & Robert Lewis. Developing & co-produced 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, which was accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival (Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss), ReRUN (Christopher Lloyd), recently feature, The Arrival (Gravitas Ventures, starring Pooya Mohseni). Known as Rallo Bennett in the music world, she preforms live when not directing.
SCARECROW, starring Marin Hinkle & Kate Arrington is soon to premiere in festival. Alyssa co-founded Stonestreet Studios and created the Tisch Drama-affiliated Screen Acting & Production Residency, mentoring talents like Rachel Sennott, Miles Teller, Rachel Brosnahan, Nik Walker, Coral Peňa, Jack Quaid.