Hillary Sproul is a New York-based actress, filmmaker and writer. Her directorial debut, Linnea, which she also wrote and stars in, premiered at New/Next Film Festival, with its New York premiere at The Downtown Festival.

Originally from the woods of northern Maine, Hillary studied film and theatre at the University of Southern Maine before training in the Meisner technique at the William Esper Studio in New York. She has acted in, written and produced a number of independent films, including Border Line, nominated for Best Drama at the 2023 Atlanta Women’s Film Festival.

Her work as a filmmaker is female-focused and explores relationships, desire, and the lives we imagine alongside the ones we choose.

Hillary has also written extensively about cinema, music, art and culture, interviewing filmmakers and artists including Alejandro Jodorowsky, Paolo Sorrentino, Ruben Östlund, Abel Ferrara and Gaspar Noé.

Sproul /spraʊl/
rhymes with “owl”