the internet series Deadly Embrace. He was a producer at z.com, an internet startup founded by Disney executives, along with Brad Grey, Oliver Stone and others. He is a member and former President of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and a member of the Advisory Board of Marymount California University. He has taught screenwriting and journalism at UCLA and Pasadena City College and is founder of the Pasadena Writers Workshop. From 2011 to 2018, he was a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Personal life Hilsman is married to the painter Nancy Kay Turner. They have one son, Michael Hilsman, who is an artist in New York. References External links American soap opera writers California Democrats Columbia Law School alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni