Director Biography:

Hortense Lingjaerde grew up in Geneva, Switzerland and began pursuing her career in film at the age of 12. She directed her first film at age 17 and since then has directed a number of shorts films and written both short and feature screenplays. She aspires to work as a director, writer, and producer in family entertainment and musicals. Hortense graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2016 with a BA in Liberal Arts, before enrolling at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where she completed an MFA in Film & Television Production. Hortense is interested in narratives about media for social change, women, artists, and coming of age stories.
She is an explorer at heart who is passionate about people and their stories which lead her to volunteer with NGOs around the world. Hortense believes that every dreamer has the tools to change the status quo. The open-mindedness and intuition of artists have become priceless commodities in a world that desperately needs new leaders of a different kind.