14 Facts About Courtney Hunt

Courtney Hunt was born on 1964 and is an American Film director and screenwriter.

Courtney Hunt is best known for directing Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Courtney Hunt attended The Field School in Washington, DC and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College before following her mother's educational path and attending law school at Northeastern University.

Courtney Hunt then graduated in 1994 from New York's Columbia University in film when she realized law was not an interest for her.

Shortly after graduating from her film class, Courtney Hunt began to write and develop the story for her film Frozen River, by researching the Mohawk people.

Courtney Hunt directed and wrote the screenplay for Frozen River, a film starring Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, and Charlie McDermott in 2008.

Courtney Hunt is a film screenwriter and director, but she wants to be seen as a director for hire so that filmmakers could see her in control of both aspects.

Courtney Hunt began writing the film after her graduation from college, but put the story away since she was not convinced that she had found the right angle for the story at that moment.

Courtney Hunt has said in an interview with Women and Hollywood that this film is based on a real situation where the smugglers drive across the St Lawrence River when it is frozen.

Courtney Hunt did not want to make and release the film around this time because she believed that people would not sympathize with these immigrants or smugglers and that the audience members would see it as a way for people to help others into the country.

Courtney Hunt directed The Whole Truth, a thriller film starring Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso and Jim Belushi.

Courtney Hunt is married to Donald Harwood, who raised nearly $1 million to fund the film Frozen River.

Courtney Hunt finds that it is easier for women to do smaller roles on the film set rather than become a director.

Courtney Hunt has said in an interview with David Jenkins that Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel is a filmmaker who inspires her.