Hannah Reilly

Hannah Reilly is a Gadigal/Sydney-based writer, director and maker of bold comedic work across television, theatre, film and radio.

She is currently undertaking a six-month placement at Invention Studios in Los Angeles, working as a creative producer, creator and writer, building her slate, and gaining hands-on experience in the US market with the President of Invention Studios, Nicky Weinstock (Bridesmaids, Severance, Escape at Dannemora).

In 2019, Hannah was the recipient of the ATYP Rebel Wilson Comedy Commission, for which she developed an original musical comedy, ‘THE DEB’. In 2022, Hannah wrote and co-directed a stage version of ‘THE DEB’ which opened ATYP’s brand new Rebel Theatre in Sydney to rave reviews and an extended season. ‘THE DEB’ is currently being developed into a feature film with Rebel Wilson’s production company Camp Sugar and was recently ranked by The Guardian as one of “The Fifteen Greatest Australian Musicals of Stage and Screen.”

‘The Deb’ was made as a feature film, written by Hannah, music by Megan Washington, with lyrics by Washington/Reilly, directed by Rebel Wilson, produced in partnership with AI/Unigram (I, Tonya, Hacksaw Ridge) and award-winning Australian producer Bunya Productions (The Drover’s Wife, Mystery Road).

She is currently developing multiple projects for stage and screen under her own company banner, Most Improved Productions.