Attending the Governor's Ball after the Emmy Awards is a surreal experience, as the gongs have their own special check in.
"And if you've cried during the award ceremony, someone is there to re-do your make up," she said.
But it isn't all glamour.
"I don't live far from Warner Bros Studios, so when things get tough I drive past the old water tower and it reminds me why I'm doing what I am," she said.
Hinton got her start at the age of 6 on stage as a children's magician, performing comedy magic shows internationally, along with her magician parents.
"My parents had normal 9 to 5 jobs, but were magicians as well," she said.
"When I was just a 4-year-old, I saw my mother cut in two and her middle slide away and I asked, 'mummy does it hurt?'
"At the time we lived in North Carolina and it had always been my dad's dream to do a television show for kids, so he enlisted my help."
Hinton went on to host children's television for four years, learning camera and editing and her big break came out of the blue.
"I was just 12 when the company didn't have enough people to cover a press conference and I was sent along.
"Here I was a kid who couldn't even drive with all the different television station crews - 30-year-old men with big cameras - and there was me with my little camera.
"But, when it was all over I went up to the former bodybuilder and asked for an interview. I knew nothing about bodybuilding, so I asked him if he had any interesting hobbies.
"The answer was yes, rap music. At that moment Miss USA walked past and the bodybuilder made up a crazy rap and I got the scoop."
Hinton went to study film at university and was trained by the legendary Frank Capra jnr, president of Screen Gems Studios.
Her other mentors include Bud Filippo, senior vice-president at Paramount, Richard O Linke, producer for the Andy Griffith Show, and Kermit Frazier, writer for several popular children's programmes, including Ghostwriter and Wonder Pets.
"I worked in the production office for One Tree Hill. I was very lucky," she said.
Hinton's 16 awards include two Telly Awards, for producing, directing and hosting, and red-carpet events still give her a "buzz".
"At the Cannes Film Festival, Paris Hilton was there and couldn't get in because she wasn't a filmmaker and I was tempted to give her a ticket," she said.
Hinton has started her own production company in order to work on projects she likes and to protect her ideas.
"This latest project is one from the heart and I have a few scripts I'd like to turn into feature films.
"I only do projects I'm really passionate about. I want to create films and television shows that kids aren't embarrassed to have their parents watch and vice-versa."
And yes, she believes people are returning to movie theatres.
"They will flock to the movies for a good story," she said.
Edwards said Hinton had done her research well.
"She's very persistent," she said. "It's all been very exciting."
Hinton has a love of classic movies which comes from time spent with her late grandfather.
"He treated me like his little princess and we'd sit down on Friday and Saturday night and watch films such as the Wizard of Oz.
"So my love of the classic films comes from those happy memories of my granddad," she said.
"I also collect memorabilia from the classics and I wore an Audrey Hepburn scarf from my collection to an award ceremony."
Hinton also has a pair of Ginger Rogers' shoes and Fred Astaire's top hat from his Mistaken Identity scene in the film Top Hat, along with one of the thrones from Narnia, as well as Shirley Temple dresses and some memorabilia which belonged to Debbie Reynolds.
"I've tried the hat on, but not Ginger's shoes," she said.
Hinton's mother Shirley has been working with her on the latest project, but she is also involved in executive training in the United States.
"She's helped a company save $US1 million a day and I'm so proud of her," Hinton said.
"She was a high school maths teacher and midway in her teaching switched careers to work with companies."
