Hunter Whaley
Biography
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 senior thesis film "By Day and Again" (2018) was awarded Achievement in Experimental Filmmaking at the First Run Film Festival. Hunter's other independent short films include "Der Platz" (2021), a Cold War spy thriller that recreates a purgatorial vision of Berlin in a Brooklyn warehouse, and "The Big Whatsit" (2024), a proof-of-concept comedy crime caper shot entirely on miniDV. In 2025, Hunter participated in the Terre di Cinema Filmmaking Program in Ortigia, Sicily.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Win Turpentine
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.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
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.