HOYT HILSMAN is an award-winning writer, journalist and critic, and a former candidate for Congress in California. He has written screenplays for a number of studios and television networks, including Disney, Sony, New Line, ABC, NBC and CBS, and his stage plays and musicals have been produced in theaters around the country and abroad, and have won numerous awards. His television script, Foggy Bottom, based on his childhood in Washington, was honored at the Slamdance Festival. Mr. Hilsman has been a regular critic for Daily Variety, former President of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and chair of the PEN West drama awards. He has also directed stage plays and has written, produced and directed several independent films and television series.
