Hill Rossin is a filmmaker based in Charleston, SC.

Hill writes, directs, produces, and edits original narrative films while also working as a photographer and illustrator. Through Haunting The Better, he develops independent films and screenplays that blend drama, dark comedy, crime, and the surreal.

His filmmaking career began early. While still in high school, he enrolled in a college film course at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. In the summer of 1992, he shot his first 8mm film—a music video for Sonic Youth’s “Sugar Kane” from their then-new album Dirty—for a contest on MTV’s 120 Minutes. Although the film didn’t win, the project helped him gain admission to film school and set him on the path toward a career in filmmaking.

Hill studied at the College of Santa Fe and later continued his training at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, developing practical experience in writing, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, and sound.

In 1996, he founded Haunting The Better and relocated to Charleston two years later, where the company remains based today. Through it, he develops original feature screenplays and produces no-budget independent films. In the 2000s, he wrote, directed, and produced the feature films As He Fired Up the Drum Machine and Hey Android.

For more than three decades, Hill’s work has returned to recurring themes of place, identity, and the dark humor of ordinary life. Influenced by his western Pennsylvania roots, his films and screenplays occupy a space where tragedy and absurdity coexist, and where violence and tenderness often sit at the same table.