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Scott’s November Festival Update
Scott Hillier Hi! Our early deadline is getting near so if you directors want your film to be in competition at ÉCU 2010 you’d best work on locking that picture and send us a screening copy as soon as possible! You’ll find submission details at www.ecufilmfestival.com. While everyone seems to have spent the year being battered from pillar to post due to the World’s economic implosion, submissions have been coming in to us at a steady stream. As usual we are impressed with the quality of the films coming through our door and we’re blessed to be amongst the first to view the very best Indie cinema being made on the planet today. My desire is to write only of the cool and creative aspects that I’m observing in the independent film world today, but seeing as how money is one of the overriding stress points that Indie filmmakers have to deal with, I’m going to briefly talk about that. According to the Financial Times, Europe has finally managed to ‘crawl’ out of the current recession. This is of course good news but experts say that it won’t be felt on the streets, which also means our potential film investor’s pockets, for some time to come. There is no doubt the independent filmmaking world has been affected by the crisis and this has led to a lot of discussion on our blog, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages, about the need for film festivals. Are we just a costly diversion for filmmakers searching for distribution, or a much-needed venue to show films and help them to be discovered – by offering audiences, awards and press coverage? I stand firm in believing that the latter is the case, but please go and have a look at our blog and please don’t hesitate to give us your thoughts. We were under pressure early this year to be like a number of other festivals and take a self-imposed hiatus. There were several reasons for this but the over-riding one was the untimely death of my good friend, business partner and ECU’s General Manager Jean-Marie Allin in August. JM had been battling cancer for the last two years and while he fought it with the most inspiring bravery, he died at 34 years of age. He was too young. Too good. And his heart was too true. He’d also would not have wanted us to take a sidestep from our goal of being THE place to find the very best Independent cinema. So we go on and ÉCU 2010 will again be an invigorating and creatively stimulating event where we will screen the very best indie films, help them to get distribution deals, offer great entertainment and networking opportunities for attendees and bring together wonderfully creative and talented people. We look forward to you joining us! 23.11.2009 | ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival's blog Cat. : CDATA Contact Details distribution deals Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment Europe Facebook Fest directors festivals Film filmmaking forward General Manager hiatus Independent cinema Independent film independent filmmakers Indie cinema Jean-Marie Allin Jean-Marie Allin networking opportunities Person Career Scott Hillier Scott Hillier submission The Financial Times The Financial Times Twitter Visual arts www.ecufilmfestival.com XML Independent News Student FESTIVALS
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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction.
He moved to New York City in 1998. He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France.
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