Directing
Hazel McKibbin
United Kingdom
Hazel McKibbin is an award-winning British-American writer, director and editor. She is a BAFTA Newcomer and received a Princess Grace Award for emerging talent. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University. Hazel’s directorial debut Doublespeak premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and her second short She Always Wins premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. With over a decade of editorial experience informing her vision, Hazel finds herself drawn towards realism, often through a feminist lens, and the idea that compelling stories can be created from ordinary relationships and interactions. Commercial clients include Prada, Louis Vuitton, Goldman Sachs, Ralph Lauren, Nike, St. John, Lingua Franca and Gap. Hazel is also an educator and script consultant, having taught filmmaking at Columbia University, the New York Film Academy, and for Sundance Collab.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRWhen she is confronted with long forgotten love letters written to her by her teacher, Sarah reevaluates her memories of the relationship and examines how it has shaped her identity - and her daughters.
Like Mother
2023
NRWhen she is confronted with long forgotten love letters written to her by her teacher, Sarah reevaluates her memories of the relationship and examines how it has shaped her identity - and her daughters.
Like Mother
2023
NRDirector Hazel McKibbin and a terrific cast led by Honor Swinton Byrne capture all the complicated moves in the dance of dominance, deference, and self-diminishment that takes place when a young woman brings her new boyfriend to his first family visit.
She Always Wins
2022
NRDirector Hazel McKibbin and a terrific cast led by Honor Swinton Byrne capture all the complicated moves in the dance of dominance, deference, and self-diminishment that takes place when a young woman brings her new boyfriend to his first family visit.
She Always Wins
2022
5.0A young woman grapples with the aftermath of reporting sexual harassment in the workplace
Doublespeak
2021
5.0A young woman grapples with the aftermath of reporting sexual harassment in the workplace
Doublespeak
2021