Liz Hinlein is an award-winning filmmaker, creative director and cinematographer. She is the creator of The 20/20 Series (produced by NYFA), a weekly live, online series with creative visionaries which has garnered thousands of views. Liz is currently the Creative Director of Filmmaking and Cinematography at New York Film Academy.
Her work has been commissioned globally by top international brands, including Dove, Lifetime, Revlon, Gillette, Maybelline, A&E, Wella, NARS Cosmetics, Bare Minerals, Clairol, and MAC Cosmetics. Additionally, Hinlein has created films and photo campaigns for many superstar musicians including Mary J. Blige, Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Incubus, and Fishbone.
She has participated in numerous TV Diversity shadowing programs including Sony Television, Viacom and the DGA. And has shadowed with many well known TV directors such as Marcos Siega, Jennifer Lynch and Bethany Rooney.
Her debut feature film, Other People s Children, was awarded the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant and screened at multiple film festivals earned several awards including best director , best feature film and audience award . Her VR film for Byton Auto was nominated for Best Branded Entertainment/Commercial at the 2019 CES VR Fest and she won the same award in 2018 for Accenture s VR film, Behind the Style.
Most recently, Hinlein is in pre-production on Osage 85 a groundbreaking immersive documentary experience.