Eliza Hittman

Eliza Hittman is a screenwriter, producer, and director born and based in New York City. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Indie Film in 2013.[1] In 2014, for It Felt Like Love, she was nominated as Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director and for the John Cassavetes Spirit Award.

Early life

Hittman was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, where she was a theater buff.[2] She graduated from Indiana University in 2001 with a BA in theater and drama,[3] but later went on to study art and film, and in 2010 received her MFA from the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts.[4]

Career

Her short film Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight premiered at Sundance in 2011[5] and was on Indiewire's "The Best of the Best" list.[6]

She is currently in development on her second feature, Beach Rats, which was selected for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab.[7]

Reception

Hittman's first feature film, It Felt Like Love, opened at IFC Center in March 2014[8] and has received positive reviews, with a score of 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.[9] It was a New York Times[10] and Village Voice[11] Critics' Pick.

References

  1. ↑ "Eliza Hittman". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Mark, Morales. "Murrow HS grad’s first full-length film to be featured at Sundance with a little help from alumni". NY Daily News. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stages" (PDF). Indiana University. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Fraser, Paul. "24700". blog.calarts.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Katie, Walsh. "Exclusive: Poster Premiere For Sundance Coming-Of-Age Drama 'It Felt Like Love'". Indiewire. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sundance Institute Announces 12 Projects for 2015 January Screenwriters Lab". Sundance. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "It Felt Like Love". IFC Center. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "It Felt Like Love (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette. "It Felt Like Love (2013)". NY Times. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Wilson, Chuck. "It Felt Like Love: A Bracing Look at What Girls Want". Village Voice. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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