Hillary Carrigan (she/they) is an American filmmaker/editor based in New York City.
Best known for editing short films and for her contributions in post-production as an Assistant Editor of feature-length films (The Devil Wears Prada 2, Babygirl, You Hurt My Feelings) she is a member of The Motion Picture Editors Guild and SAG-AFTRA. As a filmmaker, the importance and power of beauty, the arts, education, identity, and humanity are all themes she strives to validate through her own work. She was a recipient of The Inwood Art Works Filmmaker Fund and winner of The Creative Heights Society grant for Nana the first short film she wrote and directed and is set to direct a short film rooted in the world of ballet (2026).
Though Carrigan utilizes non-linear editing software in her work, as a video-artist she finds hand-crafted, hands-on processes like hand-tinting celluloid, traditional cel animation, and chemical processing an exciting place to explore as she seeks to craft films that marry her passion for experimental filmmaking with her traditional, fictional, narrative sensibilities.
Photographed by Justin Borucki