Hunter J.
Chicago, IL, USA
$700 - $900
Hunter Johnson is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and photographer based in Chicago. For four years he worked with The Perennial Plate, shooting and editing human-focused short documentaries featured on PBS and The Atlantic. Hunter has created videos for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and recently produced a series of films for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights. In 2020, he directed a viral PSA video featuring four Minnesota Governors, garnering over four million views. In 2021, he completed Until We Find Them, an award-winning short documentary that screened at 11 international festivals. Among other commercial and documentary projects, he currently works as a recurring DP and editor for CBS Reports. He holds a Master's in Human Rights from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School and a bachelor's in Film and Media Arts at Temple University. Hunter is fluent in Spanish.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Portrait Photographer
- Landscape Photographer
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
- Commercial DP