Alison Reid is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker known for adventurous, heartfelt storytelling that explores the human spirit. A former stunt performer and one of North America’s first female stunt coordinators, Reid went on to found Free Spirit Films and direct acclaimed works including The Woman Who Loves Giraffes. With The Art of Adventure, she brings warmth, humour, and wonder to the remarkable friendship between Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster — and to the wild places that shaped their lives.