Tiburon International Film Festival

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Bill Hallinan is a fresh writer/director who combines a love of storytelling with a passion for the new digital tools of filmmaking. He is a recent graduate of the renowned New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in film and television production in May of 2004. During his college years he wrote and directed 6 films. Before returning to school for film, Bill had a successful illustration career that spanned 12 years, resulting in over 2,500 published illustrations and an interview in the New Yorker Magazine. His editorial illustrations have been published in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Newsweek and The New York Times. Bill has also provided illustrations for major advertising campaigns for companies such as Lexus and Polaroid.

Bill was born in 1966 on the island of Manhattan. At the age of 2 his family moved to Haledon NJ where he lived his early formative years scampering through the creeks and industrial backwaters on quests of exploration and discovery. After high school he attended and received a degree in Fine Arts at SUNY’s FIT in New York City, and has lived in Manhattan ever since. Bill is currently developing a feature length script based on the characters from Pony Under a Painted Sky, as well as a buddy film set during the cold war called On Yer Way Spaceman.

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