Sharon Hyman

Described as a "one-woman film industry", Sharon Hyman produces, writes, directs, films, and edits her movies - and also stars in them!

Sharon and best pal Naomi Levine have been making personal documentaries since their youth, providing a revealing glimpse into a side of the female psyche rarely seen in the public eye. 
The pair’s documentary WORRIED premiered at the Montreal New Film and Video Film Festival and was  broadcast by WTN.

Montreal Gazette film critic John Griffin wrote:
"Two white chicks, filming it as they live it, and working it out. As therapy, it obviously has its uses. As art, undoubtedly. And as entertainment, absolutely… "

Read more WORRIED reviews here.

Following the success of Worried, Sharon wrote and directed Arousal, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. 

The film received a 5 Snowballs rating out of five by respected filmmaker and film critic Peter Wintonick ("Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media"; "). 

Wintonick wrote:
"Hyman is wise. She should be given immediate carte blanche to do a feature. Now.

Neverbloomers: The Search for GrownUphood is the first Sharonfilms release. This time round, Sharon spent three years pointing her camera outward, hoping to discover the true meaning of "grownuphood". 
To be  released in 2008!

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More about Sharon Hyman

Sharon Hyman is an acclaimed independent filmmaker and writer based in Montreal.

She graduated cum laude with a degree in Communication Studies from Concordia University. She was then awarded the prestigious J.W. McConnell Memorial Fellowship, as well as a full FCAR scholarship, and completed a Master's degree in Educational Technology. 

Sharon was active for many years in the field of community television, hosting and producing her own provocative social-activist talk shows.

She is featured in the book "Technology with Curves: Women Reshaping the Digital landscape" (HarperCollins), a publication billed as "a celebration of the women who are increasingly the personalities and players in the wired world."

‘I did all that?’ Hyman muses. Still feeling like the quintessential Neverbloomer, she  aspires to feel like a grownup in bloom some day soon.