Biography
Hittman was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, where she was a theater buff. She graduated from Indiana University in 2001 with a BA in theater and drama, but later went on to study art and film, and in 2010 received her MFA from the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts. Hittman's first feature film, It Felt Like Love, premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and opened at the IFC Center in New York in March 2014....
Known For
Complete Filmography
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024
Thanks
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't ...
Realm of Satan
2024
Co-Producer
An experiential portrait depicting Satanists in both the everyday and in the extraordinary as they fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, ...
Bust
2024
Thanks
A trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust.
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022
as Self
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault a...
Dog Story
2021
Thanks
Feeling suffocated by their environment, Jo finds comfort in acting out fantasies with their confident, edgier friend Lucy.
Driveways
2020
Thanks
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take ...
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020
Director, Writer
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Matthias & Maxime
2019
Thanks
Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men w...
Beach Rats
2017
Director, Screenplay
On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent f...
Buffalo Juggalos
2014
Producer
An experimental exploration and celebration of the Juggalo subculture in Buffalo, New York. Long and static takes of Juggalos engaged in their favorit...
It Felt Like Love
2013
Director, Writer, Producer
14-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara’s boyfriend Patrick. Eager for...
Forever's Gonna Start Tonight
2011
Producer, Writer, Director
Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Lan...
Second Cousins Once Removed
2010
Producer, Director, Writer
On a road trip, distant cousins Naomi and Jo-Jo are left alone in a motel room. Without permission, the girls venture out into the night in search of ...
Motherlove
N/A
Director
Ana, a Georgian immigrant in Brooklyn, takes a job caring for Lori, an elderly woman in Manhattan, where she is forced to navigate end of life issues ...