Hilan Warshaw
President, Overtone Films
Overtone Films LLC
New York, United States
Emmy Award-winning film director/writer
My organisation
About me
HILAN WARSHAW is an Emmy Award-winning director and writer. He has produced and directed internationally broadcast documentaries and films about classical music including Wagner’s Jews (WDR/ARTE, PBS-WNET, Israel’s Channel 8, Deutsche Welle and others); Secret Song with Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet (SVT, Medici TV, PBS-AllArts, Czech TV, others); Through the Darkness (ORF, SVT, YLE, Medici TV); My Boléro with Nathalie Stutzmann (PBS-GPB, Medici TV; 2024 Southeast Emmy winner, Best Arts/Entertainment Long Form); In the Key of Bach (PBS-GPB); Mahler in New York (SVT, Czech TV); and The Faces of Carmen (WDR), among other films and documentaries. He regularly directs live multicamera concert captures for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, and others. His other recognitions include three Emmy nominations and a Hermitage Artist Fellowship, and his research articles about film and music have been published in volumes from Cambridge University Press, Königshausen & Neumann, and McFarland Press, among others.He studied orchestral conducting at Mannes College of Music and the Aspen Music School, and attended film school at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his B.F.A. and M.F.A.
Speaker sessions (1)
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
11:30 - 13:00
Avant Première Screening Block 6
The Avant Première Screenings are the centrepiece of Avant Première Music + Media Market, offering exclusive previews to the latest music + dance films from top-tier producers worldwide.