Hannah began screenwriting while studying Dramatic Literature at NYU and interning for documentary film production companies in New York City (4th Row Films, The Documentary Group). Her favorite writing teacher told her, “Read the screenplays for the movies you’ve seen a thousand times, and see what you discover.” She immediately read the scripts for Goodfellas, When Harry Met Sally, and Shawshank Redemption, and discovered that compelling screenwriting is the most awesome thing, ever. When Hannah isn’t creating her own material, she’s siphoning great literature, film, TV, and comedy into her soul like her life depends on it (it does).

Hannah has a passion for thrillers and dark comedies. In fact, comedy is her other love, second only to writing, and the two often fuel each other. She has studied Improv and Sketch Writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, under Mark Rennie, Rachael Mason, Eric Scott, Julie Brister, Alex Berg, and Brett Christensen.

“Modern Love,” a sci-fi comedy short screenplay by Hannah, was performed at Liveread/LA in September 2016, was a finalist for Best Unproduced Screenplay at Grove Film Festival 2016, won for Best Short Screenplay at New York Film and TV Festival 2016, and was officially selected by Hollyshorts Film Festival 2017.

Default, a pilot inspired by the main characters of “Modern Love,” was a Finalist in The Tracking Board’s 2017 Launch Pad Pilots Competition, and was, as is already evident by this bio, the Grand Prize Winner of Script Pipeline’s 2017 TV Writing Competition. It felt weird to leave that out.

Every year on her birthday, Hannah is named “Best Screenwriter If You Have Even Half a Brain” by her own mother. Other entrants need not apply.

In her spare time, Hannah draws cartoons, which can be found on Instagram @hannahraecartoons.