Hilliard Guess

Born in Detroit, raised in the 'hood near San Francisco, youngest of five in a family pegged "The Cosby Show in the Ghetto." Hilliard's a former actor/dancer who transitioned to screenwriting over 16 years ago. He's a fun, ex-80s Mod/Punk with a knack for writing underdog/redemption stories in the bio, horror, gritty, or murder-death-kill world. His knowledge of the craft and instinct for unique, flawed characters have won him attention or awards at Sundance, Nicholls Fellowship, Scriptapalooza, Screenplay Festival, The Page Awards and AOF, to list a few. Hilliard serves on the following WGAW Committees: Vice Chair - Committee of Black Writers, Vice Chair - LGBT Committee as well as the Latino, Genre and Education Committees. In 2007, Hilliard won the Guy A. Hanks, Marvin H. Miller Fellowship at USC. Hilliard's a busy "assignment writer" in both TV & Film and in the new book on iTunes, "The Top 100 Indie Writers in the World." Through his company Hilldog Productions, he produces TV Pilots, POC's, Shorts, Web Series and Documentaries. Hilliard's office is located on The LOT Studios in the heart of West Hollywood. A partial list of Hilliard's produced projects are: The Providers a drama pilot POC, Architects of Crime a sci-fi movie POC, Full Circle - Story of The New Dimensions a 60s music/bio documentary, Don't Date The DJ a comedy pilot, iCommit a crime pilot,Tainted a supernatural teen pilot POC, Faux Show a comedy pilot, Mouthpiece a comedy feature, The Unwritten Rules a hit Comedy web series, Blackout an indie horror film that sold internationally, Troublesome a critically acclaimed drama short, The Last Girl an award-winning martial arts action short and 4Closure a hilarious short dramedy. Hilliard hosts the hit Podcast series "Screenwriter's Rant Room" which can be heard all over the world on iTunes & Stitcher!