Eliza Hittman

Eliza Hittman

1979-01-01 New York, New York, USA 14 Credits

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....

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Dìdi (弟弟)

Dìdi (弟弟)

2024

Thanks

7.2

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

Realm of Satan

2024

Co-Producer

8.0
Producing

An experiential portrait depicting Satanists in both the everyday and in the extraordinary as they fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, ...

Bust

Bust

2024

Thanks

A trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

2022

as Self

5.8
Acting

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

Dog Story

2021

Thanks

Feeling suffocated by their environment, Jo finds comfort in acting out fantasies with their confident, edgier friend Lucy.

Driveways

Driveways

2020

Thanks

7.0

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

2020

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Matthias & Maxime

Matthias & Maxime

2019

Thanks

7.1

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

Beach Rats

2017

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

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

Buffalo Juggalos

2014

Producer

5.3
Producing

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

It Felt Like Love

2013

Director, Writer, Producer

5.5
Directing Writing Producing

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

Forever's Gonna Start Tonight

2011

Producer, Writer, Director

5.4
Producing Writing Directing

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

Second Cousins Once Removed

2010

Producer, Director, Writer

6.0
Producing Directing Writing

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

Directing

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 ...