Holly Hardman has been working in film and media since the 1980 s. She entered the field as a researcher, and worked for Rolling Stone, PBS, Twentieth Century Fox, and Manhattan, inc. In the early 1990 s Hardman began writing, directing, and producing short films her shorts were distributed by New Day, insound and M/W/F Video. Her first feature, Besotted, was released theatrically by Artistic License Films. Her first documentary feature effort Good People Go to Hell, Saved People Go to Heaven premiered at IDFA in 2012. Hardman is now directing and producing As Prescribed, a documentary feature about the global benzodiazepine epidemic. She lives in western Massachusetts where she is raising her 16-year-old daughter.