Hannah Peterson is a film director living and working in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the MFA program in Film Directing at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and has worked closely with filmmakers Sean Baker and Chloé Zhao. Filmmaker Magazine named Hannah as one of 25 new faces of independent film in 2018. Her film, East of the River, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival 2019 where it won a jury honorable mention and Hannah was awarded the Russo brothers fellowship. Her debut feature film was a participant in the Sundance Creative Producing Lab 2019, and was featured at IFP week Project Forum. Hannah directed the original series Shook for Disney Channel, executive produced by the Duplass Brothers. Most recently, Hannah was awarded the 2019 Tribeca CHANEL Through Her Lens program grant. 

Contact
futureperfectpictures@gmail.com

Representation
Film | Paradigm Talent Agency gmena@paradigmagency.com

Education
MFA Film Directing, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
BFA Screen Studies, The New School

︎W Magazine Feature
︎25 New Faces of Independent Film
︎CHANEL Through Her Lens 2019
︎Shook on Indiewire
︎Shook on Variety
︎Shook on Deadline
︎Sundance Labs Press Release
︎IFP Week 2019 Press Release
︎East of the River Review