Hannah Whisenant is a New York–based writer and director. Her work centers on relationships and the ways societal structures shape how we move through the world.

 

She is drawn to connections where intimacy and discomfort exist at the same time, where meaning reveals itself in what’s left unsaid. She balances moments of tragedy with humor and intuition, and doesn’t shy away from the messiness of real life.

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Her short films have screened at SXSW, Austin Film Festival, Lower East Side Film Festival, and Big Sky Film Festival, and have been featured on NoBudge, Vimeo Staff Picks, and The New York Times. She is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmaker Collective, a former resident at Yaddo, and a recipient of the Creative Culture Fellowship.

 

In parallel with her narrative work, she works as a freelance editor, collaborating with brands and agencies including BBDO, Mojo Supermarket, M+C Saatchi, and GSD&M, and co-directs commercial work under the name SHREW.

 

She is currently developing her first feature, Big Shift, and recently completed her latest short film, HIGH VOLTAGE.