Bio

Hilary Brougher is a writer/director based in N.Y.C. Her most recent feature, SOUTH MOUNTAIN starring Talia Balsam and Scott Cohen, premiered in competition at SXSW 2019 and is now streaming. Her feature STEPHANIE DALEY starring Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Melissa Leo, Tim Hutton and Denis O’Hare premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and won The Waldo Salt Award for Screenwriting. Her first feature, THE STICKY FINGERS OF TIME (1996) was an official selection at the Venice, Rotterdam, SXSW, and Toronto Film Festivals. She is currently in post-production on a feature documentary (working title: STRIPER) with Co-Director Maria Rosenblum.

Hilary is also a member of the Faculty in Directing at the MFA Film Program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts since 2009 and chaired the program 2019-2021. 

AWARDS

Sundance Film Festival 2006, Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award

Milan International Film Festival, 2006 Best Director

Jackson Hole International  Film Festival, 2006 Best Director

Midlife Achievement Award – Maine International Film Festival, 2019

FESTIVALS

The Sticky Fingers of Time:

The Venice International Film Festival, 1997

The Rotterdam International Film Festival, 1997

The Toronto International Film Festival, 1997

South by Southwest 1997

Philadelphia Film Festival, 1997

Mar Del Plata International Film Festival, 1997

Maine International Film Festival, 1997

The Olympia Film Festival , 1997

Stephanie Daley:

Sundance, 2006 (Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award)

AFI, 2006

Maine International Film Festival, 2006

Milan International Film Festival, 2006 (Best Director)

Deauville International Film Festival, 2006

Locarno Film Festival (Best Actress – Amber Tamblyn) 2006

Woodstock Film Festival (Best Cinematography – David Morrison) 2006

South Mountain:

SXSW International Film Festival, 2019

BAMCinema Fest – Spotlight Film,  2019

Nantucket International Film Festival, 2019

Maryland International Film Festival, 2019

Maine International Film Festival, 2019 (Midlife Achievement Award, Hilary Brougher)

Woodstock International Film Festival, 2019

Mill Valley International Film Festival, 2019

Heartland International Film Festival, 2019

Wroclaw American Film Festival, 2019 

Mar Del Plata International Film Festival, 2019

Nevertheless Film Festival, 2019

Naples International Film Festival, 2019 

Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2019