scott hillier - curriculum vitae


FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES

Twin Towers Dick Wolf Films.
* Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject 2002.

Arrest and Trial Dick Wolf Films / Studio USA.
Syndicated series.

ESU - New York City Police Department Elite Dick Wolf Films / MOPO Ent.
Syndicated series.

Real Sex HBO.
Late night series.

The Bravest.
44 x half hour reality series on Firefighters for CBS. Hearst Entertainment. Supervising Producer.

World Motor Cycle Championships
The European Sports Network, UK.
12 x one-hour sport programs.

Emergency Services Unit! The Learning Channel.
3 x one-hour documentaries.


ADVERTISING

Women in European Sport NIKE, USA.
Filmed in Paris.

Camel Trophy Siberia and India for McCann-Erickson UK

Price Water House Coopers New York City

Booz Allen New York City


NARRATIVE DRAMA

Behind The Eyes Of War Director / Producer / Screenwriter.
Thirty minute drama about combat cameramen.
Includes war footage from Bosnia, Somalia and Tchetcheynia.
Actors: Sarah Pratt (Ronin) and Dianne Kulankamp (The Man in the Iron Mask)
* Awarded Best Short Dramatic Film at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival March 1999.

Second Generation Director of Photography.
Independent short. New York City, May 97.

Recluse Foundation Director of Photography.
Independent short. Filmed in New York City, 1995.
Screened at the London Independent Film Festival, Leicester Square, 1995. New York University project.


ONE-HOUR DOCUMENTARIES

The French Foreign Legion
Filmed in Africa, Sth America and France. National Geographic / Discovery Channel.
Producer / Director / Director of Photography.

Satan in the Suburbs
Filmed in Long Island and NYC. The Discovery Channel.
Producer / Director / Director of Photography.

Earthquake in New York City
Filmed in NYC. The Discovery Channel.
Director of Photography.

Armed and Missing
Filmed in Los Angeles, Texas, Denver and Washington.
National Geographic / The Discovery Channel.
Producer / Director of Photography.

The Pararescue Jumpers
Filmed in New Mexico, Alaska, Texas, Long Island.
The Discovery Channel
Director / Director of Photography.

Skip Tracers
Filmed in Los Angeles, Arizona, Washington.
The Discovery Channel.
Director of Photography.

The Bushman Trail
Filmed in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe.
The Discovery Channel.
Producer / Director / Director of Photography.

The Wild West Bison Drive
Filmed in Colorado & Wyoming. The Discovery Channel.
Producer / Director / Director of Photography.


DVD THEATRICAL RELEASE

The making of The Man in the Iron Mask
With Jeremy Irons, John Malkovitch, Leonardo De Caprio, Gerard Depardieu. Filmed in France.
Director of Photography.

The making of Ronin
With Robert De Niro, Jean Reno.
Filmed in various locations around France.
Director of Photography.


Video Producer for the BBC in the following countries:

1990 1991 1992 1993
Amman, Jordan. Romania. Somalia. Central Bosnia. Yugoslavia. Sarajevo/Nth Bosnia. Cyprus. Damascus. Russia. Bombay, India. Madrid, Spain. Kashmir Valley, India. Barcelona. Iraq. Istanbul, Turkey. Saudi Arabia. Kazakhstan. CIS. Croatia. Kuwait City. Beirut, Lebanon.

1994 1995 1996 1997 - 2001
Zagreb, Croatia. Jerusalem. Kuwait. Paris. Gibraltar. Denver. Washington. Kuwait City. Nigeria. Botswana. Barbados. Lebanon. South Africa. Namibia. New York City. London. Nigeria. Mostar, Bosnia. Sarajevo. Grozny.


STUDIES

Columbia University
New York University
London Film & Television School
Maine Film & TV Workshops


WRITING CREDITS

Trilogie - Part One
Stage Play 2005

Deadman's Mail
Stage Play 2004

Safehouse
35mm Feature Film with Andy Garcia currently attached

Behind the Eyes of War!
35mm short film (30 minutes)
* Awarded Best Short Dramatic Film at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival March 1999.


Professional Associations

Australian Cinematographers Association

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

BAFTA