Halyna Hutchins

Halyna Hutchins

Known for
Camera
Born
April 9, 1979
Died
October 21, 2021 (aged 42)
Birthplace
Horodets, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Biography

Halyna Hutchins was a Los Angeles-based union cinematographer who graduated from the AFI conservatory in 2015 and has since established a track record of successful narrative features. Halyna was selected as one of American Cinematographer’s Rising Stars of 2019 as well as a cinematographer for the 21st Century Fox DP Lab in 2018. Born in Ukraine in 1979, Hutchins grew up on a Soviet military base on the Arctic Circle. She attended Kyiv National University and graduated with a degree in international journalism. She worked on British documentary productions as an investigative journalist. Hutchins later to moved to Los Angeles, and in 2018 she was a cinematographer for the 21st Century Fox DP Lab. Hutchins won an award for best cinematography at the 2019 English Riviera Film Festival for “Treacle”. Halyna's life was tragically cut short on October 21, 2021, after Alec Baldwin's prop weapon—mistakenly loaded with a live round—misfired during the production of the western Rust. She was posthumously made an honorary member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) on November 14, 2021.

Known For

Filmography

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Al's Brand poster

Al's Brand

Movie · Director of Photography

2024
Rust poster

Rust

Movie · Director of Photography

2023
Good Bad Luck poster

Good Bad Luck

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
The Mad Hatter poster

The Mad Hatter

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
I Am Normal poster

I Am Normal

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
Sunday's Child poster

Sunday's Child

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
A Luv Tale poster

A Luv Tale

TV · Director of Photography · 6 eps

2020
Blindfire poster

Blindfire

Movie · Director of Photography

2020
Archenemy poster

Archenemy

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Forgive Me poster

Forgive Me

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Kings Boulevard poster

Kings Boulevard

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Treacle poster

Treacle

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
I Got the Hook Up 2 poster

I Got the Hook Up 2

Movie · Additional Photography

2019
Darlin' poster

Darlin'

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

2018
GAIA poster

GAIA

Movie · Director of Photography

2018
Labor poster

Labor

Movie · Director of Photography

2018
(re)UNITE poster

(re)UNITE

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
The Providers poster

The Providers

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
Singularity Song poster

Singularity Song

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
Snowbound poster

Snowbound

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
Divination poster

Divination

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2016
The girls I know... get their hands dirty. poster

The girls I know... get their hands dirty.

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

2016
The Secret of Joy poster

The Secret of Joy

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
Crossing Point poster

Crossing Point

Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography

2015
Sizzle poster

Sizzle

Movie · Key Grip

2015
Hidden poster

Hidden

Movie · Director of Photography

2015
The Lotus Gun poster

The Lotus Gun

Movie · Assistant Camera

2014
Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

Movie · Director of Photography

2014
Dustland poster

Dustland

Movie · Second Assistant Camera

2012
Creedy and the Bee poster

Creedy and the Bee

Movie · Director of Photography