Lilly Hartley

Lilly Hartley
Born New York
Residence Manhattan, New York
Nationality American
Occupation Founder & creative producer,
Candescent Films
Years active 2000–present
Spouse(s) Jeffrey Tarrant
Website
candescentfilms.com

Lilly Hartley is an American film producer and former actress, and the founder of Candescent Films.

Early life and education

Hartley was raised in East Hampton, New York and New York City.[1] Her father is a playwright and graduate of the Yale School of Drama and her mother is a scientist.[2] Her godfather, Ken Howard, is an actor and the president of the Screen Actors Guild.[2] Her grandfather, Benjamin Epstein, was the President of the Anti-Defamation League.[1] She majored in history and English in college and graduated summa cum laude.[2] She studied acting at William Esper Studio, completing the two-year program.[2]

Career

Hartley founded Candescent Films in 2010.[3][4] The film production company supports documentary films exploring social issues.[5] Prior to founding the company, Hartley worked as an actress[3] and production executive.[5] She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.[3]

The first film supported by Candescent was The Queen of Versailles, which was the opening night film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,[3] and was nominated for a DGA Award,[6] IDA Award[7] and Critics' Choice Award.[8] Hartley served as an executive producer.[9] As a producer on Sons of the Clouds, a documentary exploring human rights issues in Western Sahara and starring Javier Bardem, Hartley won the 2013 Goya Award for Best Documentary Film.[10] The film premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival,[11] and was also screened at the United Nations in New York, the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights in Washington, DC, and at the European Parliament in Brussels.[3]

In 2012, Hartley's Candescent Films created the Candescent Award, providing grant money in support of socially conscious documentary films. The Candescent Award is an annual award given to projects supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Past winners are Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012), Gideon's Army (2013), After Tiller (2013), Marmato (2014), Private Violence (2014), E-Team (2014),[9] How to Change the World and (T)error.[12] In 2014, Hartley partnered with the Tribeca Film Institute to develop a Candescent Award for films that premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The inaugural recipient of this award was Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014).[13] The second winner was The Yes Men Are Revolting.[14]

Some of Hartley's other work includes executive producing Who Is Dayani Cristal? starring Gael García Bernal,[15] and producing Likeness, a short film starring Elle Fanning and directed by Rodrigo Prieto.[4][13] Likeness premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival,[16] and was nominated for a 2014 Webby Award for Drama: Long Form or Series.[17] Hartley will be executive producing Lana Wilson's upcoming directorial effort, Last Call, a documentary about the attempts of Japanese Buddhist priests to combat the 1997 suicide epidemic in Japan, with Candescent Films financing its development and production. Wilson's first film, After Tiller, received a 2013 Candescent Award.[18] Through Candescent Films, Hartley has also lent support to the documentaries Fed Up (produced and narrated by Katie Couric), Art and Craft, 3½ Minutes, Cartel Land and Racing Extinction.[19][20]

Personal life

Hartley is married to Jeffrey Tarrant.[1]

Honors

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
2010 Dirty Girl Associate producer
An Invisible Sign Associate producer
2012 The Queen of Versailles Co-executive producer Nominated for DGA Award, IDA Award and Critics' Choice Award
Sons of the Clouds Producer Won 2013 Goya Award for Best Documentary Film
2013 Who Is Dayani Cristal? Executive producer
Remote Area Medical Executive producer
Likeness Producer Short film; nominated for Webby Award
2014 Private Violence Executive producer Won Candescent Award
1971 Co-executive producer Won 2015 International Documentary Association ABCNews VideoSource Award[22] and 2015 Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award[23]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Team bios, 1971film.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dishman, Lydia (October 7, 2014). "How One Producer Went From Actress to 'Filmanthropist'". Fast Company. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Linda Hassler, “Lilly Hartley’s Candescent Films Shines Its Light On Documentaries,” Huffington Post, June 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Susan McPherson, "Meet the Filmanthropist: Lilly Hartley," Forbes, August 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mike Fleming Jr, “Candescent Films Launches With Jeff Nichols, Javier Bardem, R.J. Cutler Pics,” Deadline.com, September 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ “Bravo Gears Up For ‘Queen of Versailles’ April 29th Premiere: NBC Press Day,” Deadline.com, April 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Peter Knegt, “’Central Park Five,’ ‘Queen of Versailles’ Among IDA Documentary Award Nominees,” Indiewire, October 22, 2012.
  8. ↑ “Critics’ Choice Awards 2013: Complete List of Nominations,” E! Online, December 11, 2012.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pamela McClintock, “Sundance: Candescent Films Announces 2014 Documentary Awards,” The Hollywood Reporter, January 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ “Javier Bardem All Smiles at Goya Awards,” Fox News Latino, February 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ “Toronto: GoDigital Nabs Doc ‘Sons Of The Clouds: The Last Colony’,” Deadline.com, September 5, 2012.
  12. ↑ Dave McNary, "Sundance: ‘How to Change the World,’ ‘(T)error’ Win Candescent Awards," Variety, January 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Pamela McClintock, “Tribeca: Nas Documentary ‘Time is Illmatic’ to Receive Inaugural Candescent Award,” The Hollywood Reporter, April 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ Jake Folsom, "Exclusive: TFI Awards Candescent Film Award to 'The Yes Men Are Revolting'," Indiewire, October 30, 2014.
  15. ↑ Edward Helmore, "Backlash over US border patrol 'bullying' migrants," The Guardian, June 21, 2014.
  16. ↑ Nick Haramis, “A Shocking Short Film About Body Image, Starring Elle Fanning,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, December 12, 2013.
  17. ↑ Sahil Patel, “And the Nominees for the 18th Annual Webby Awards Are…” Video Ink, April 8, 2014.
  18. ↑ Tatiana Siegel, “Director of Abortion Doc ‘After Tiller’ to Tackle Film About Suicide Epidemic,” The Hollywood Reporter, June 9, 2014.
  19. ↑ Jeremy Kay, “Illmatic inaugural Candescent winner,” Screen International, April 2, 2014.
  20. ↑ Anthony Kaufman, "Reality Checks: How Rich People Are Influencing the Documentary World," Indiewire, January 8, 2015.
  21. ↑ "The New Guard: The 50 Most Connected Women in America," Marie Claire, October 2014.
  22. ↑ "30th Annual IDA Awards," documentary.org. Accessed February 16, 2015.
  23. ↑ "2015 Cinema Eye Honors Announces Winners," Cinema Eye Honors, January 8, 2015.

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