Simon Hunter
@SimonHunterfilm
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director of commercials / feature films. Repped at UTA talent, Los Angeles. Host of The Reel Scene podcast https://t.co/4VY0xrceKy
Glasgow / London & Berlin
Joined June 2011
Episode one of COLD MIND now in the bag! Was a total blast. Moving and beautiful performances and incredible visuals - thanks to our great cast and crew. Onwards into editing with Olly @flockedit music with @wisemandebbie and post by @molinarepost
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The opening titles to the BBC's coverage of the #WinterOlympics isn't computer or hand drawn - it's actually a stop motion animation using models and real flames #BBColympics #MilanCortina2026
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The Searchers (1956 dir. John Ford) (Cinematography by Winton C. Hoch)
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) dir. Francis Ford Coppola
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BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Perhaps the best director's commentary ever. John Sturges shares more film info, history and knowledge in the first five minutes than other directors can in two hours. Paul Thomas Anderson said this commentary is better than four years of film school.
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Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the
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Never forget when this BBC wildlife crew broke their "no intervention" rule to save these trapped penguins 🥹❤️ https://t.co/WlZa3up57e
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Night of the Hunter (1955) didn’t receive a single Oscar nod. Charles Laughton directed only this one film, and it’s a cinematic masterpiece, with pioneering cinematography, a haunting atmosphere, and an incredible performance by Robert Mitchum. The Academy's ignorance is
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Remembering the legendary cinematographer & filmmaker, Rudolph Maté, on his 128th birthday! Sahara (1943) Director: Zoltan Korda
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Only a few tickets left for our #WolfHall concert - April 7th @cadoganhall
https://t.co/tEQs0j8bdz Looking forward to seeing you there :) 🎤🎵
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If you have clear skies anywhere in the U.K. just now, go outside and snap one of the best northern lights I’ve seen in ages. *Monday, 9.30pm
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I was in a casting session once for a film I was producing. The actors had over a month to prepare for the audition. One walked in with the script in hand. The casting director dropped her pen, sighed, said, "Go." The actor started reading from the script, she said, "We're done
Matt Damon on the biggest mistake actors make when auditioning "[Actors who] haven't memorized the scene versus actors who come in and they've got the scene completely dialed" (via Complex)
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On this day, 47 years ago, Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979) had its preview screening at the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, France.
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A lovely behind-the-scenes video of the making of the Father Brown epsiode "The Hole in My Heart " https://t.co/045GZy4z2Q Loved writing the songs and score for this episode, with great vocal training by the brilliant @AnnieSkates :) 🎤
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Discover how the cast and crew of Father Brown bought rock'n'roll to Kembleford.
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great story.....worth a read ...human drama is all around us...
Witnessed the most amazing thing on the train to Edinburgh yesterday. A guy boarded in Wigan & sat opposite me. He went to sleep for an hour. When he woke up he bought a sandwich, ate it & went back to sleep. (This isn’t a maths test, you don’t need to know the distance/speed).
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STEVEN SPIELBERG talking about the art of directing a movie.
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For the 1948 SUPERMAN movie serial, they made Superman fly by turning him into a cartoon mid‑shot. Actor Kirk Alyn would run, jump, strike a pose, then the shot would cut to a hand‑drawn animated Superman soaring through the air.
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Hollywood Is Becoming a Content Farm — and That’s the Best News Independent Filmmakers Have Had in Years
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It is impossible to put into words what that first encounter feels like, as a child, watching the living skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts (1963).
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For all the advances in filmmaking, this Citizen Kane (1941) shot still feels untouchable. https://t.co/vYrW4V4Nxq
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An ultra-realistic cinema technology in Japan. ▪️The system, which practically pulls the user into the scene, makes the viewer feel like they are part of the movie. #CES2026
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