Independent Writers' Caucus
Christina Hulen
Lawyer: Sarah Lerner - Katz, Golden, Lerner: 310-264-2163
Christina Hulen is an award-winning Writer / Director / Producer. Her female-centered work has won the Meryl Streep-funded Writers Lab and was a Top 10 female-written script in the Nicholl Fellowship. Her script, A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE was announced as a winner of the IWC “Best Of” screenwriting competition in its inaugural year. The script is currently in pre-production at New North Pictures with producers Charlotte Rothwell and Nicola Pearcey attached.
Chrisina has been a selected participant to the CineStory Feature Lab as well as the Stowe Story Lab. She was the recipient of the Arch and Bruce Brown literary Fellowship and received a $25,000 grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation to help fund her latest directorial project EVERYTHING'S FINE. which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. EVERYTHING'S FINE has garnered 14 Jury prizes to date.
As a producer, she was part of the award-winning independent features A MARINE STORY and SHELTER, which won the GLAAD award for best Narrative feature limited release. For television, she was a producer on the final season of BRUNCH WITH BRIDGET for the LOGO channel.
Christina writes and directs across genres, but holds a special place in her heart for historical dramas featuring LGBTQ+ storylines.
Honors & Awards
Semifinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship - LA MAUPIN- 2024
Finalist, Cannes Screenwriters List - LA MAUPIN - 2024
The Women's List - WARBIRDS - 2024
non-WGA
Female, LGBTQ+, 40+
A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE
(BOYS DON'T CRY meets THE IMITATION GAME)
At the turn of the 19th Century, a controversial yet brilliant British military surgeon must battle detractors who would subvert his pioneering reforms while maintaining a secret that could end his career. He is a woman.
LA MAUPIN
(LA VIE EN ROSE meets AMADEUS)
Born the daughter of a servant in the court of Louis the XIV, a brilliant young woman uses sex and the sword on her journey to escape a death sentence and become the most celebrated opera singer in France: La Maupin.
WARBIRDS
(HIDDEN FIGURES meets A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN)
This high-flying WWII adventure follows a naive farm girl leaving the only life she's ever known to chase her dream of joining the elite Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), only to discover that dream threatened when she falls for a fellow female recruit.
Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Historical/Alternative History, Naturalistic, International
Female, LGBTQ+, 40+
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