Early life and career
Hilton grew up surrounded by science and theatre, as his father was a nuclear scientist and director of the Jack Hylton-owned Adelphi Theatre in London. He studied classical music & theory from age 7. In 1980, he was awarded a classical music scholarship to Canford School.
After working in London and graduating with honours from Ravensbourne College in 1989, Hilton apprenticed his editing skills at London post-production houses 625 and Rushes. In 1992 he began a freelance editing career, specialising in music-based content. He has to date edited over 350 music videos. From 1992-99, his directing career also flourished at Red Star Films and at The Artists Company, directing a number of videos for Robbie Williams and other prominent EMI and Polydor artists.
He has directed videos featuring, amongst others John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, The Beatles, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Supergrass, Delakota. William Orbit and Ether. Editing credits include David Bowie, The Chemical Brothers, Nick Cave, Oasis, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode and Supergrass. Current projects include music videos & documentaries, live concerts, concert projections, art films, books, music box sets, website design, internet multimedia and archive restoration & development through his agency, REVL8 Ltd.
He has worked with Yoko Ono for over twenty-three years (since directing the Lennon Legend DVD Collection in 2003) for her; managing hers and John Lennon’s multimedia archives, online presences and physical production for Lennon. Since 2016, in collaboration with Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon he has researched, compiled, edited and produced all the Thames & Hudson / John & Yoko books series (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine John Yoko, Mind Games) and the Universal Music / John Lennon (The Ultimate Collection) audio box sets for John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Gimme Some Truth, Mind Games and Power To The People and is currently working on Walls and Bridges, and other music, book, film website and multimedia projects.
