A Multi disciplined artist, Hilary Thomson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music and Electroacoustics with minor studies in Film at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She has also been a life long student of visual art, studying Painting and drawing at the Montreal visual arts Center but has been doing independent study in that field through out her life.
She has been working in the film and television industry for the past 17 years. Starting in the Post Production Sound department at the National Film Board in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for 9 years. For the past 8 years as the main Foley Artist working out of the Nifco Foley studio in St John’s, Newfoundland. In addition to film sound, in 2015 Hilary received the opportunity to branch into the Art Department world, working on the feature film Maudie directed by Irish filmmaker Aisling Walsh. Since then has continued to work on a number of short and feature films as well as television within the Art Department in different capacities, such as scenic painter, graphic designer, set decorator, on set dresser and production designer.