D. Hillman Curtis (born 1963 in San Francisco) is an American new media designer, author, and filmmaker. Curtis is the Principal and Chief Creative Officer of hillmancurtis.com, inc., a digital design firm in New York City. Previously, he was design director for Macromedia. He has published four books on new media design.
Curtis was listed by the Internet Professional Publisher Association in its DesignerONE awards for 2001-2002 as one of the top ten web designers.[1] He has designed sites for Yahoo, Adobe Systems, Metropolitan Opera and others .[2]. Canoë magazine called him le pape du Flash (the Pope of Flash) in 2000.[3] Glide magazine labels him the "Michael Jordan of web design".[4]
As a filmmaker he first gained notoriety with his online "Artist Series" — short documentaries on designers/artists including Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, David Carson, Stefan Sagmeister, James Victore, Pentagram Design Group, and the filmmaker Mark Romanek. He also has made several short dramatic films.
In 2008, Curtis made a documentary feature for the David Byrne and Brian Eno album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.
Curtis first came to prominence as the principal songwriter and guitarist for the new wave group "The Stells", which was formed while Curtis was attending Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
