Director and writer Courtney Hoffman has come to Chelsea Pictures for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. Launching off of a lauded career in costume design working with director Quentin Tarantino on The Hateful Eight and Edgar Wright on Baby Driver, Hoffman wrote and directed her debut short, The Good Time Girls, a Western starring Laura Dern which garnered wide acclaim. Along with her inaugural advertising work directing the first ever global campaign of three rich visual TV spots for WhatsApp by Meta, Hoffman showcases her dedication to female-forward, highly creative and visually bold stories.
“I am so thrilled to be joining the team at Chelsea Pictures, founded and run by creative and powerful women I admire,” Hoffman remarked. “I’m looking forward to creating visual, narrative and dynamic commercial work together for many years to come.”
Coming up in costume design, Hoffman worked on over 50 films, TV shows and commercials, collaborating with prolific creators such as Terrence Malick, Steven Soderbergh and Tim Burton to name a few. She also styled dozens of large campaigns; her last spot as a designer was Alma Ha’rel’s “Thank you Mom” for P&G. Hoffman translates her on-set experience into a flawless precision of vision while adding a dash of her contagious wit. In a fun twist, her former career is immortalized on screen as she portrays the costume designer in a scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.
Prior to joining Chelsea, Hoffman had been repped by RadicalMedia in the U.S. advertising market.
Chelsea U.S .VP/executive producer Donna Portaro, said, “Courtney is the full package…Wonderful with talent direction, wonderful with story, a fresh visual take on each project she touches… and really collaborative to work with! I’m so happy to be working with her again!”
In addition to her commercial work, Hoffman has experience directing music videos, including a NYT-selected clip for Margo Price. In television, Hoffman is currently creating two shows: Kentucky Blaze, a mother-daughter pot comedy inspired by Miley and Tish Cyrus for Peacock; and Drama Majors, a mental health mystery (developed for Sony) inspired by her NYU Tisch college friends.
Taking on the film world, Hoffman’s female driven ‘70s trucker and moonshine action comedy, The Sisters of Scott County, is in development with JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot and is currently casting.
Hoffman is repped by Lief in the U.K. and EU.
