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Beth Hanna

Producer | Screenwriter | Director

Biography

Beth is a filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. She directed her debut feature, YOU'RE KILLING ME, for Quiver Distribution in 2022. The film is a horror-thriller and dark satire about the class-conscious hellscape of American university admissions. It released theatrically and via streaming in April 2023. 

In her writing, Beth's consistently drawn to thriller, horror, and crime. Her stories almost always center on complex female characters who are trying to exorcise the past.

As a result, certain themes arise in her writing again and again -- issues surrounding control, power, trauma, and the need to be heard. She's also intrigued by the tension of shared space (hello, pandemic), and our innate need as humans to be constantly watching one another. Spying, snooping, voyeurism, you name it.

Beth's writing is marked by sharp dialogue, elegant but simple narrative prose, and pages that turn swiftly. She tries to write the kind of films she wants to watch -- a slow but steady burn, filled with dread. Think MEN, MIDSOMMAR, MULHOLLAND DR., THE INVISIBLE MAN, GONE GIRL or ZODIAC (actually pretty much anything by David Fincher). 

Beth has a cinephile background. She's been a film programmer and a film journalist, and has a masters degree in cinema studies from UCLA. She loves paying homage to film history in her writing, whether it's referencing an obscure noir, or playing with a classic movie's setup and giving it a twist.

Her script RED WOLF was a Top Ten Finalist in the 2021 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition; her script THE REAPPEARANCE placed Top Ten the year before.

Beth is a filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. She directed her debut feature, YOU'RE KILLING ME, for Quiver Distribution in 2022. The film is a horror-thriller and dark satire about the class-conscious hellscape of American university admissions. It released theatrically and via streaming in April 2023. 

In her writing, Beth's consistently drawn to thriller, horror, and crime. Her stories almost always center on complex female characters who are trying to exorcise the past.

As a result, certain themes arise in her writing again and again -- issues surrounding control, power, trauma, and the need to be heard. She's also intrigued by the tension of shared space (hello, pandemic), and our innate need as humans to be constantly watching one another. Spying, snooping, voyeurism, you name it.

Beth's writing is marked by sharp dialogue, elegant but simple narrative prose, and pages that turn swiftly. She tries to write the kind of films she wants to watch -- a slow but steady burn, filled with dread. Think MEN, MIDSOMMAR, MULHOLLAND DR., THE INVISIBLE MAN, GONE GIRL or ZODIAC (actually pretty much anything by David Fincher). 

Beth has a cinephile background. She's been a film programmer and a film journalist, and has a masters degree in cinema studies from UCLA. She loves paying homage to film history in her writing, whether it's referencing an obscure noir, or playing with a classic movie's setup and giving it a twist.

Her script RED WOLF was a Top Ten Finalist in the 2021 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition; her script THE REAPPEARANCE placed Top Ten the year before.

Projects (2)

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The Reappearance
Feature
  • Horror .
  • Thriller
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1 Award
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The Tar
Feature
  • Horror .
  • Mystery/Suspense .
  • Thriller
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1 Award
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Beth Hanna

Producer | Screenwriter | Director

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