hello kid. brandon hutchinson bio

"A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stencilled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask"
- Susan Sontag

Brandon Hutchinson subscribes to a DIY ethic of filmmaking, funding his own projects, building collaborative relationships with other artists and avoiding the traditional creative hierarchies of the film industry. In his hometown of Memphis, TN, he was a part of a small, but tight-knit filmmaking community that included the likes of Phil Darius Wallace ("100 Lives"), John Michael McCarthy ("Superstarlet A.D."), Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow"), Morgan Jon Fox ("omg/haha") and Kentucker Audley ("Team Picture"). In 2005, he left the safety of the familiar to further develop and challenge his individual artistic vision in Chicago, IL, where he eventually collaborated with filmmakers such as John Otterbacher ("RiffRaff"), Joe Swanberg ("Hannah Takes The Stairs") and Micah Barber ("Winter Is Outside"). Now Brandon is working and living in Somerville, MA and preparing to make his first series of video inspired by a collection of parables and poems by Kahlil Gibran. His second narrative feature "How I Killed Mumblecore (Now I Know)" will be released in the fall of 2009.

		"A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stencilled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask" - Susan Sontag
Brandon Hutchinson subscribes to a DIY ethic of filmmaking, funding his own projects, building collaborative relationships with other artists and avoiding the traditional creative hierarchies of the film industry. In his hometown of Memphis, TN, he was a part of a small, but tight-knit filmmaking community that included the likes of Phil Darius Wallace ("100 Lives"), John Michael McCarthy ("Superstarlet A.D."), Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow"), Morgan Jon Fox ("omg/haha") and Kentucker Audley ("Team Picture"). In 2005, he left the safety of the familiar to further develop and challenge his individual artistic vision in Chicago, IL, where he eventually collaborated with filmmakers such as John Otterbacher ("RiffRaff"), Joe Swanberg ("Hannah Takes The Stairs") and Micah Barber ("Winter Is Outside"). Now Brandon is working and living in Somerville, MA and preparing to make his first series of video inspired by a collection of parables and poems by Kahlil Gibran. His second narrative feature "How I Killed Mumblecore (Now I Know)" will be released in the fall of 2009.