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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
The Case Against Alec Baldwin
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2024
Alec Baldwin: Unscripted
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
The Family Business
Character: Pavla
MOVIE • 2010
BBC World News America
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2007
Crew
Crew Credits
Rust
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2025
Rust
Role: In Memory Of
MOVIE • 2025
Good Bad Luck
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2023
A Luv Tale
Role: Director of Photography
TV • 2021
Sunday's Child
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2021
I Am Normal
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2021
The Mad Hatter
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2021
Archenemy
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2020
Blindfire
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2020
To the New Girl
Role: Gaffer
MOVIE • 2020
Forgive Me
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
Darlin'
Role: Camera Operator
MOVIE • 2019
Darlin'
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
Role: Additional Photography
MOVIE • 2019
Treacle
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
Kings Boulevard
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
(re)UNITE
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2018
Labor
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2018
GAIA
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2018
Singularity Song
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2017