Lilly Hartley

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

Lilly Hartley
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFounder & creative producer,
Candescent Films
Years active2000–present
Websitecandescentfilms.com

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, was an actor and was president of the Screen Actors Guild.[2] Her grandfather, Benjamin Epstein, worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy during the Civil Rights Movement in his role as national director of the Anti-Defamation League.[2] 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 and Producers Guild of America.[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 (2015), (T)error (2015)[12] and City of Ghosts (2017),[13] which was bought by Amazon.[14] 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).[15] The second winner was The Yes Men Are Revolting,[16] and the 2015 winner was The Wolfpack.[17]

Some of Hartley's other work includes executive producing Who Is Dayani Cristal? starring Gael García Bernal,[18] executive producing Private Violence, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival,[19] and producing Likeness, a short film starring Elle Fanning and directed by Rodrigo Prieto.[4][15] Likeness premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival,[20] and was nominated for a 2014 Webby Award for Drama: Long Form or Series.[21] Hartley executive produced The Departure, directed by Lana Wilson, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival,[22][23] and was nominated for the 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature.[24] Hartley executive produced the big game hunting documentary Trophy, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by CNN Films and The Orchard.[25] Hartley executive produced Generation Wealth, which had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,[26] its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival,[27] and was nominated for a 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay.[28]

Through Candescent Films, Hartley has also lent support to the documentaries Fed Up (produced and narrated by Katie Couric), Art and Craft, 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, Cartel Land, Racing Extinction, Solitary, Vegas Baby and Step.[13][29][30][31] Art and Craft (2014) and 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets (2015) were each shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[32][33]

Honors and awards

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; nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form[35]
1971 Co-executive producer Won 2015 International Documentary Association ABCNews VideoSource Award[36] and 2015 Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award.[37] Named a 2016 Peabody Award finalist.[38]
2017 The Departure Executive producer Nominated for 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature[24]
Trophy Executive producer
2018 Generation Wealth Executive producer Nominated for 2018 WGA Award for Best Documentary Screenplay[28]
2019 Fantasy Island Executive producer

References
  1. Team bios, 1971film.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  2. Dishman, Lydia (October 7, 2014). "How One Producer Went From Actress to 'Filmanthropist'". Fast Company. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. Linda Hassler, “Lilly Hartley’s Candescent Films Shines Its Light On Documentaries,” Huffington Post, June 4, 2014.
  4. Susan McPherson, "Meet the Filmanthropist: Lilly Hartley," Forbes, August 20, 2014.
  5. Mike Fleming Jr, “Candescent Films Launches With Jeff Nichols, Javier Bardem, R.J. Cutler Pics,” Deadline Hollywood, 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. 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. Dave McNary, "Sundance: Documentary ‘City of Ghosts’ Wins Candescent Award," Variety, January 19, 2017.
  14. Tatiana Siegel, "Sundance: Amazon Closes Deal for ISIS Doc 'City of Ghosts' for More Than $2 Million," The Hollywood Reporter, January 27, 2017.
  15. Pamela McClintock, “Tribeca: Nas Documentary ‘Time is Illmatic’ to Receive Inaugural Candescent Award,” The Hollywood Reporter, April 2, 2014.
  16. Jake Folsom, "Exclusive: TFI Awards Candescent Film Award to 'The Yes Men Are Revolting'," Indiewire, October 30, 2014.
  17. Dave McNary, "Tribeca: ‘Wolfpack’ Wins Candescent Award," Variety, April 17, 2015.
  18. Edward Helmore, "Backlash over US border patrol 'bullying' migrants," The Guardian, June 21, 2014.
  19. Neil Genzlinger, "In a Portrait of Violence, an Appeal for Reform," New York Times, October 19, 2014.
  20. Nick Haramis, “A Shocking Short Film About Body Image, Starring Elle Fanning,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, December 12, 2013.
  21. Sahil Patel, “And the Nominees for the 18th Annual Webby Awards Are…” Video Ink, April 8, 2014.
  22. Macaulay, Scott (13 Oct 2017). "Director Lana Wilson Talks Gaining Trust, Valuing Life and Her Wise, Empathetic Suicide Prevention Doc, The Departure". Filmmaker Magazine.
  23. Scheck, Frank (12 Oct 2017). "'The Departure': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter.
  24. "Independent Spirit Awards winners 2018: See the full list". Entertainment Weekly. 3 Mar 2018.
  25. Mia Galuppo, "Sundance: Orchard, CNN Films Partner for Hunting Doc 'Trophy'," The Hollywood Reporter, January 20, 2017.
  26. Fienberg, Daniel (18 Jan 2018). "'Generation Wealth': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter.
  27. Baughan, Nikki (15 Feb 2018). "'Generation Wealth': Berlin Review". Screen Daily.
  28. "Writers Guild Film Nominations: 'Roma', 'Black Panther', 'Eighth Grade' & More". Deadline Hollywood. 7 Jan 2019.
  29. Jeremy Kay, “Illmatic inaugural Candescent winner,” Screen International, April 2, 2014.
  30. Anthony Kaufman, "Reality Checks: How Rich People Are Influencing the Documentary World," Indiewire, January 8, 2015.
  31. Diana Martinez, "Tribeca 2016 Women Directors: Meet Kristi Jacobson - 'Solitary’," Indiewire, April 15, 2016.
  32. "15 Documentary Features Advance in 2014 Oscar Race," Oscars.org, December 1, 2014.
  33. Erik Pedersen, "Oscars: 15 Documentary Features Make Shortlist," Deadline.com, December 1, 2015.
  34. "The New Guard: The 50 Most Connected Women in America," Marie Claire, October 2014.
  35. Nate Von Zumwalt, "Going Clear, Viola Davis, and Others Cap Off a Groundbreaking 67th Emmy Awards," Sundance.org, September 22, 2015.
  36. "30th Annual IDA Awards," documentary.org. Accessed February 16, 2015.
  37. "2015 Cinema Eye Honors Announces Winners," Cinema Eye Honors, January 8, 2015.
  38. "The 60 Peabody Finalists," Peabody Awards. Accessed April 18, 2016.
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