Carmen Hilbert is a cinematographer working most frequently in Brooklyn and Austin.
Her most recent release was the 2007 period piece stoner comedy RATS! (dir. Carl Fry & Maxwell Nalevansky), a feature film that premiered at Fantasia Film Festival and won a Fantasia Audience Award.
Other features she shot include the musical Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes (dir. Graham Carter), the existential comedy fLousy Carter (dir. Bob Byington, Locarno), the ensemble coming-of-age feature Party People (dir. Joey LePage, Austin Film Festival), and Frances Ferguson (dir. Bob Byington, SXSW).
She studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where her early work was recognized with an ASC Student Heritage Award nomination. She honed her technical fluency as a member of IATSE Local 484, working in grip and electric before moving full-time into cinematography. Prior to that she had a whole other life as a massive math and science nerd before pivoting hard into the film life, which will definitely come up.
