About
Hannah Berry George (AKA HBG) is known for her quick-witted filmmaking and talent for crafting compelling and humorous narratives across live action, animation, archive and VFX.
With a background in stand-up, sketch, and improv, she brings her distinctive comedic vision to all her projects. Her work has won multiple awards (including a Cannes Lions and three Creative Circles), been screened internationally (as well as by the BFI and NOWNESS), and garnered tens of millions of views.
She’s also a NFTS graduate, Cinesisters core member, and journalist.
THE HIGHLIGHTS ✨
Currently being mentored by BAFTA-winning director Simon Hynd (Ghosts, Motherland, There She Goes) on the Directors UK Inspire mentorship programme
Extensive experience working with high-profile talent, like Katherine Ryan, Aisling Bea, Fern Brady and more
Originating and directing HERSTORY, the first-ever docuseries commissioned by MBC for Shahid, the Middle East's largest network
Names I’ve worked with in no particular order 👀
Cynthia Erivo, Katherine Ryan, Fern Brady, Aisling Bea, Adjoa Andoh, Alfred Enoch, Caitriona Balfe, Little Mix, Gok Wan, Bel Powley, Jessica Brown Findlay, Toby Stephens, Michelle de Swarte, Nina Wadia, Paterson Joseph, Frankie Bridge, Angela Scanlon, Juliet Cowan, Susan Lynch, Munroe Bergdorf, Awkafina, Priyanka Chopra…
awards
3 x Creative Circle Awards, including a Silver, for The Department of Opportunities’ Class Polish Campaign
1x Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Libresse’s #PainStories
Campaign’s Ad of the Day and Pick of The Week for British Army’s ‘A Soldier is a Soldier’
1 x Adcan for AshoKA
FEATURED IN
Little black book . shots . promo news . david reviews . girls in film . plain magazine . booooooom TV . alhurra . the evening standard . metro . campaign
premieres, screenings + festivals
BFI Network nights . nowness . funny or die . DC Shorts . EFN . The Shortest Nights . FilmPride . Short Com . Norwich queer international festival of film . Sunderland shorts film festival . Queer Film and Arts Fest