Hilary Van Hoose

Hilary is a writer, director, and editor. She earned her B.A in film, digital media, and television production at UC Santa Cruz, where she also studied French language, culture, theater, and cinema while studying abroad in Paris, and was elected to join the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Her terminal degree is a Film and Television Production M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she won The Dale C. Olson "You Heard it Here First" Award for Excellence in Entertainment Communication in Honor of Victoria Oakie for her merits in comedy and served on the board of directors for the USC Comedy club (now called US Comedians).