22 Facts About Halyna Hutchins

Halyna Anatoliivna Hutchins was a Ukrainian cinematographer.

Halyna Hutchins grew up in the Russian city of Murmansk, on a Soviet military base in the Arctic.

Halyna Hutchins attended National Agricultural University and then Kyiv National University, first studying economics before changing her study to journalism.

Halyna Hutchins graduated with a degree in international journalism and worked on documentary films as an investigative journalist in Eastern Europe.

Halyna Hutchins met her husband Matthew, who is American, while in the US.

Halyna Hutchins moved to Los Angeles to focus on filmmaking, taking on roles in production and fashion photography.

Halyna Hutchins was an associate producer for World's Tallest Man, a 2006 film about Leonid Stadnyk by Wild Pictures; the film was premiered on the Discovery Channel.

Halyna Hutchins encouraged Hutchins to apply to the American Film Institute Conservatory, where he was a teacher.

Halyna Hutchins was accepted and began studying there in 2013 for a two-year master's program, which she graduated from in 2015.

Halyna Hutchins was director of photography on Adam Egypt Mortimer's 2020 film Archenemy.

Halyna Hutchins was credited for her cinematographic work on Darlin' by Hollywood.

Halyna Hutchins was a member of the International Cinematographers Guild and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, labor unions that represent entertainment industry's crew and technical workers in the US and Canada.

Halyna Hutchins supported the IATSE strike over working conditions days before her death.

On October 21,2021, Halyna Hutchins was working as director of photography on the set of the Western film Rust, near La Cienega, New Mexico.

Halyna Hutchins died later that day at the age of 42 while being transferred to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.

Halyna Hutchins said he would cooperate with police and offered support to her family.

Halyna Hutchins is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

On February 15,2022, it was reported that the family of Halyna Hutchins had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and other crew members of the film Rust, alleging that her wrongful death on the set was caused by irresponsible behavior and cost-cutting.

Halyna Hutchins was sentenced to 18 months in prison on April 15,2024.

Halyna Hutchins's death inspired calls for gun safety reform on film sets.

Halyna Hutchins created a petition for "Halyna's Law" on Change.

An authorized documentary Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna directed by her close friend and collaborator Rachel Mason, and executive produced by Matthew Hutchins, produced by Story Syndicate, was released in March 2025, on Hulu.