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Halyna Hutchins

Halyna Hutchins

Cinematographer, also actor · Died October 21, 2021, aged 42 · Horodets, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 9, 1979
Died
October 21, 2021 (aged 42)
From
Horodets, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Works as
Cinematographer, also actor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 5% in 30 days

What are Halyna Hutchins' films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
38%
Survival
28%
Power
12%
Self
8%
Society
8%
Bonds
6%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Melancholic
3
Absurd
2
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Halyna Hutchins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Halyna Hutchins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

37 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna(2025)

    Cinematographer · as Self (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Rust(2024)

    Cinematographer · In Memory Of

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Good Bad Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • A Luv Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Sunday's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • I Am Normal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • The Mad Hatter(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Archenemy(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Blindfire(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • To the New Girl(2020)

    Gaffer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Forgive Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Darlin'(2019)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • I Got the Hook Up 2(2019)

    Additional Photography

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Treacle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Kings Boulevard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • (re)UNITE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Labor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • GAIA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Singularity Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Snowbound(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Providers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • The girls I know... get their hands dirty. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • Crossing Point(2016)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Secret of Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Divination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • Hidden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer

  • The Lotus Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Assistant Camera

  • Sizzle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Key Grip

  • Stealth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Electrician

  • Down the Rabbit Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Dustland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Second Assistant Camera

  • Shakespeare Uncensored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Gaffer

  • A Late Quartet(2012)

    Intern

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • On Dragon's Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Thanks

  • Creedy and the Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • The Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    First Assistant Director · Production Manager · as Pavla

  • Al's Brand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 36 titles, 35 of them dated from 2010 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Archenemy (2020)

$148K worldwide

Highest rated

Blindfire (2020)

Midcredits 21st

Most popular right now

Archenemy (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 36: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleCinematography26 of 36: 22 only cinematography, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score16thOther crew14 of 36: 9 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score25th

36 titles, 5 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s26 · 1 acting · 26 crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Halyna Hutchins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

10thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · cinematographer

The Mad Hatter (2020)

76th percentile spread · 77% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, cinematographer

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025)

Midcredits 76th · 60% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 57/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Halyna Hutchins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Halyna Hutchins' MovieCove titles; Katy Jarzebowski shares the most, 2.