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Hunter Whaley

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Hunter Whaley

Born November 12, 1996 · Grand Junction, Colorado, USA (age 29)

Hunter Whaley (born 1996) is an American writer, director, and editor based in New York City. Originally from Grand Junction, Colorado, Hunter started as an actor in community theater productions at the age of five. He then wrote and directed several original plays for his high school theater program before fully pursuing his lifelong passion for film. While attending New York University, his seni…

Known For

CicadasCicadas · 2018
Cicadas
2018
Movie
On their last night together before his friends leave for college, a teenager comes to grips with a future stuck in his small town.
Lies and ImitationsLies and Imitations · 2023
Lies and Imitations
2023
Movie
After an inauspicious meeting with his hero, a struggling artist finds solace in the strange comfort of a mysterious nightclub.
Buona FortunaBuona Fortuna · 2025
Buona Fortuna
2025
Movie
On the Sicilian seaside, a counterfeiter and a pickpocket cross paths.
By Day and AgainBy Day and Again · 2018
By Day and Again
2018
Movie
A solitary woodsman ages an entire lifetime over the course of a single day.
Five to NineFive to Nine · 2025
Five to Nine
2025
Movie
A Wall Street businessman escapes the city to seek tranquility and revelation in nature.
JunkTown: Far Away and Long AgoJunkTown: Far Away and Long Ago · 2026
JunkTown: Far Away and Long Ago
2026
Movie
Ten years after JunkTown: A Love Letter, Hunter Whaley returns to Colorado to help spread his grandfather's ashes. Much has changed, little has stayed the same. From the rapidly developing sprawl of Grand Junction to the unpaved roads of Yampa, Far Away and Long Ago is an ode to the passage of time and the lasting bonds of friends and family.
JunkTown: A Love LetterJunkTown: A Love Letter · 2017
JunkTown: A Love Letter
2017
Movie
Grand Junction, Colorado. 2016. Three childhood friends set out on a dogged quest to break their hometown curse by gathering four jars of mythical dirt. A leisurely chronicle of a small town summer, JunkTown is a (self) portrait of old friendships and fond farewells.
The Big WhatsitThe Big Whatsit · 2024
The Big Whatsit
2024
MovieComedyCrime
Desperate to clear his debts after a string of disastrous weather investments, small-time grifter Bick Banion agrees to transport a mysterious case known only as “the Whatsit." Who's really working for who? Who's really getting the short end of the stick? Who's really behind all this cloak and dagger baloney? Bick Banion's out to save his bottom line, not ask questions.

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