Heather Hill and her husband, fellow director Randall Hill. Courtesy of Hill family Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Heather Hill, the longtime Young and the Restless director who collected six Daytime Emmys for her work on the CBS soap opera, has died. She was 85. Hill died Friday at her home in Las Vegas, a family spokesperson announced. Hill was nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team Emmy every year from 1988 through 2000, winning in 1988, '89, '96, '97, '98 and '99. She shared three of those wins and one nom with her husband, Randall Hill. Born in Rye, New York, Hill graduated from Rye Country Day School before beginning her TV career in New York in the 1970s as a production assistant on the CBS soap opera Love of Life. She quickly advanced through the ranks to become an assistant director and then a director. Related Stories Movies Jackie Burch, Casting Director on 'Sixteen Candles,' Mask' and 'Dick Tracy,' Dies at 74 Movies Critic's Appreciation: The Irreplaceable Diane Keaton Modernized the Screwball Heroine With Sophistication, Intellect and Singular Style During her years in New York in the '80s, she also helmed episodes of CBS' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, CBS' As the World Turns and NBC's Search for Tomorrow. In 1985, Hill relocated to Los Angeles and joined The Young and the Restless as a contract director, and during her 15-year tenure, she guided hundreds of episodes of the Genoa City-set show. Her credits also included installments of ABC's General Hospital and the internationally popular series Baywatch, which starred former Young and the Restless player David Hasselhoff as Dr. Snapper Foster. (The actor and the Hills were neighbors.) In addition to her husband, survivors include her sons, Tim and Chris; daughter-in-law Debbie; and grandchildren Violet, Quinn, and Carter. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed The Boulet Brothers on 'Dragula: Titans' Season 2 and Hopes of Earning a Best Reality Competition Series Emmy Nomination: "It Would Be Important" Live Feed Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Give Trump Credit for Gaza Ceasefire: "Finally Did Something Positive" Live Feed Tayshia Adams and Tyler Cameron to Judge HGTV's 'Bachelor' Mansion Renovation Show: See the Full Cast (Exclusive) Patricia Arquette 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family' Review: Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette in Hulu's Latest Persuasive, if Unrevealing, True Crime Offering Robbie Brenner Mattel Studios Boss Robbie Brenner Talks 'Masters of the Universe,' 'Polly Pocket' and 'Magic 8 Ball' at MIPCOM: "'Barbie' Blew the Doors Open for Us" Mipcom 2025 MIPCOM: Electric Entertainment Sets Co-Production Adaptation of YA Book Series 'Secret Mission' Live Feed The Boulet Brothers on 'Dragula: Titans' Season 2 and Hopes of Earning a Best Reality Competition Series Emmy Nomination: "It Would Be Important" Live Feed Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Give Trump Credit for Gaza Ceasefire: "Finally Did Something Positive" Live Feed Tayshia Adams and Tyler Cameron to Judge HGTV's 'Bachelor' Mansion Renovation Show: See the Full Cast (Exclusive) Patricia Arquette 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family' Review: Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette in Hulu's Latest Persuasive, if Unrevealing, True Crime Offering Robbie Brenner Mattel Studios Boss Robbie Brenner Talks 'Masters of the Universe,' 'Polly Pocket' and 'Magic 8 Ball' at MIPCOM: "'Barbie' Blew the Doors Open for Us" Mipcom 2025 MIPCOM: Electric Entertainment Sets Co-Production Adaptation of YA Book Series 'Secret Mission'