Gar Hoover

Gar's award-winning short, Curtains, premiered at the 21st annual L.A. International Shorts Film Festival and recently received its 20th laurel on the festival circuit. The film was conceived as a sizzle for a half-hour series. His half-hour series project, The Oblate, is based on a short project that won multiple festivals, and the series pilot advanced to the second round of Sundance Episodic Labs. As a writing team with partner Beth Hoover, his work has won or placed in more than three dozen film festivals and writing competitions, taking top honors in eight and earning more than $30,000 in cash awards. He's directed numerous narrative shorts, music videos and online series, including a documentary series called Paris Coffee Project. He serves on the faculty at The Second City and Loyola University, where he and Beth teach Story for Film & TV and Screenwriting as a team.