[1] He has been a director at the Hope Street Group, a bipartisan think tank whose members are committed to the equality of opportunity and economic growth.
[7] After finishing law school, Hilsman began working at the Federal Legal Services Program with the poor, unemployed and disabled at a state prison, and later as an executive at the Screen Actors Guild.
He began his writing career in New York as a playwright and journalist, and later moved to Los Angeles where he wrote screenplays for studios and television networks, including New Line, Disney, Sony, CBS and ABC.
His original television pilot, Foggy Bottom, based on his childhood in Washington, was honored at the Slamdance Film Festival.
[11] He has written a series of political thrillers, including Nineteen Angels, which is set in the Middle East and is in development as a feature film.,[12] The Chaklala Codes and Back Channel He has also been active as an independent producer in film, television and internet, including the films Beneath the Eyes of God, Snow Without Name, and the internet series Deadly Embrace.