Hilary Van Hoose
Bio
Hilary grew up a homeschool kid primarily in Northern California and Hawaii, where she developed a love of outdoor activities, and where her skills as a culinary artist won her more than 160 awards in local competitions. She gained an array of perspectives and skills from the rollercoaster of experiences that has been her life, and uses them as the bases of subjects for future writing.
Education
Hilary earned her M.F.A. in Film and Television Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, winning the first ever Jack Oakie and Dale C. Olson “You Heard it Here First” Scholarship Award for Excellence in Entertainment Communication in Honor of Victoria Oakie.
Earning her B.A. in Film and Digital Media Production from UC Santa Cruz (go banana slugs!), Hilary entered as a Regent's Scholar and immediately joined the team for the on-campus television news program "Banana Slug News" while volunteering at the Santa Cruz County Community Television station and doing freelance article writing for Uloop and USA Today College in her spare time. While working on a project as a Film Department and Porter College Fellow, Hilary also gained certification in Leadership Training and Development from the UCSC Experiential Leadership Program. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude after completing the UCEAP French Language & Culture program in Paris, France.
Employment
Hilary recently wrote articles for Script Magazine, Animation Magazine, and Pipeline Artists Magazine, and often writes for animated children's series. She began her screenwriting career as a staff writer for the Nickelodeon series Blue's Clues & You Nursery Rhymes, and just recently wrapped as a writer on the animated Nick Jr. Digital series Barnyard Daycare.
She has previously worked as everything from an production assistant to a producer/video editor at such companies as NBCUniversal, Amazon Studios, CBS, Laugh Factory, Bad Robot, and many others. Outside of entertainment, she has worked as a librarian, archivist, teaching assistant, calculus tutor, and ad copy writer.
Hilary was also recently a staff writer and copy editor for The Valley Star (the Los Angeles Press Club's Collegiate Newspaper of the Year). In this capacity, she was awarded a Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellowship.