Hilary Brougher is a screenwriter and director based in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. She is known for her 2006 feature film ''Stephanie Daley'' starring

Tilda Swinton Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to ...

and

Melissa Leo Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Critics' Choice ...

Career

Brougher's career began in 1996, when she wrote and directed her first feature film, '' The Sticky Fingers of Time.'' The film was an official selection at the

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, Rotterdam, SXSW, and Toronto International Film Festivals. It was released theatrically in the U.S. in 1997. In 2006, she released her second feature ''

Stephanie Daley ''Stephanie Daley'' — retitled ''What She Knew'' for US television — is a 2006 drama film starring Amber Tamblyn, Melissa Leo, Tilda Swinton and Timothy Hutton. The film, which received a limited release in North America on April 20, 2 ...

'', starring

Amber Tamblyn Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14, 1983) is an American actress and writer. She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' as Emily Quartermaine at the age of 11. She followed with a starring role on the pr ...

Tim Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People ...

and

Denis O’Hare Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the plays '' Take Me Out'' and ''Sweet Charity'', as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HB ...

. The film won several accolades, including the ''Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award'' at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. Amber Tamblyn received ''Best Actress'' at

Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

for her role in the film as a sixteen-year-old girl accused of killing her newborn child. The film was bought by Lifetime Television and the title was changed to ''What She Knew''. In 2014, Brougher worked as director and co-writer with

Tristine Skyler Tristine Skyler (born July 27, 1971) is an American writer, producer and actress. Born and raised in New York City, Skyler graduated cum laude from Princeton University. Early life and education Skyler was born and raised in New York City, where ...

of an adaptation of

Jane Mendelsohn Jane Simone Mendelsohn (born 1965) is an American writer. Her novels are known for their mythic themes, poetic imagery, and allegorical content, as well as themes of female and personal empowerment. Mendelsohn's novel ''I Was Amelia Earhart'' was a ...

’s novel, ''Innocence''. Her most recent film '' South Mountain,'' starring

Talia Balsam Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959) is an American television and film actress. Early life Balsam was born in New York City on March 5, 1959, to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. Her ancestry is Russian Jewish (father) and Italian, Dutch, ...

, premiered at

SXSW South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Te ...

in 2019. The film received mostly positive reviews with articles featured in ''

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'', ''

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

'' and ''

IndieWire IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollyw ...

''. She is currently working on the documentary ''Striper'' about the art and life of Jay Rosenblum, an artist killed in a tragic accident in 1989. The film is co-directed by producer Maria Rosenblum, who is also the daughter of the film's subject. Brougher is a professor and full-time member of Faculty in the MFA Film Program, at

Columbia University School of the Arts The Columbia University School of the Arts, (also known as School of the Arts or SoA) is the fine arts graduate school of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, New York. It offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, ...

. She also chaired the program from 2019-2021.

Films

Director

*''South Mountain'', 2019 *''Wake O Wake'' (Short), 2016 *''Jabberwocky, West Shokan'' (Short), 2015 *''Innocence'', 2013 *''Stephanie Daley'', 2006 *''The Sticky Fingers of Time'', 1997

Writer

* ''South Mountain'', 2019 * ''Wake O Wake'' (Short), 2016 * ''Innocence'', 2013 * ''Stephanie Daley'', 2006 * ''The Sticky Fingers of Time'', 1997

Editor

* ''Jabberwocky, West Shokan'' (Short), 2015 * ''The Sticky Fingers of Time'', 1997

Awards and nominations

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

Nominations

* Deauville Film Festival- Grand Special Prize, 2006 * Locarno International Film Festival- Golden Leopard, 2006 * Sundance Film Festival- Grand Jury Award, 2006 * Mar del Plata Film Festival- Best Film, 2019 * SXSW Film Festival- Grand Jury Award, 2019