Carl Hunter

Carl James Hunter (born 21 April 1965, Liverpool, England) is an English director and screenwriter and the bassist in the Liverpool-based pop group The Farm.

Carl Hunter
Born (1965-04-22) 22 April 1965
Liverpool, England
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, bassist

Career

Music

In 1983, Hunter was part of the second wave of members who joined The Farm, and apart from his musical contributions, he also helped to design their CD jackets and sleeves. The band's 1991 album Spartacus reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart.[1] Three singles from the band reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart; 1990's "Groovy Train" and "All Together Now", as well as the 2004 remix of "All Together Now".[2][3]

Film and media

After completing a Master's Degree in Multi Media Design and Production in 1995, Hunter went on to direct, produce and write a number of short films in the late 1990s, including Blood Sports for All: The Punk Kes and Birthday Boy.[4][5]

Since the early 2000s, Hunter has worked closely with Frank Cottrell Boyce (writer of Millions and 24 Hour Party People). In 2007, they released the feature film Grow Your Own, a British comedy set on a Merseyside allotment. Hunter acted as a producer and co-writer on the film. Alongside this, he has continued to direct short films and documentaries for television and film festivals. In 2009, Hunter adapted the short story Accelerate, written by Cottrell Boyce for The Reader, into a short online film.[6]

In 2011, Hunter worked as photographic illustrator on Cottrell Boyce's book The Unforgotten Coat, which won the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the 2012 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.[7][8]

He directed Sometimes Always Never, a feature film written by Cottrell Boyce, that was produced in Northwest England. In May 2016, it was announced that Bill Nighy had joined the cast.[9] The film was released in 2018.

Hunter currently teaches film production at Ormskirk's Edge Hill University, and runs an independent record label based in the university called The Label Recordings featuring artists such as Ali Horn, Hooton Tennis Club, Youth Hostel and The Pre-Amps among others.[4]

Filmography
YearTitleCredited As
1995Blood Sports for All: The Punk Kes (Short)Director
1997Cottage Cheese (TV Documentary)Director
1999Unloveable (Short)Director and Producer
1997Tales from the River Bank (TV Documentary)Director
2000Cover Stories: A History of Record Sleeve Design in the North-WestDirector and Writer
2002Birthday Boy (Short)Director and Producer
2007Grow Your OwnProducer and Writer
2009Accelerate (Short)Producer and Writer
2018Sometimes Always NeverDirector

References
  1. "Official Albums Chart Top 75 - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  2. "all together now - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  3. "groovy train - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  4. "Carl Hunter". Edgehill.ac.uk.
  5. "Carl Hunter". Bfi.org.uk.
  7. "Winner announced for the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize". Theguardian.com. 24 October 2012.
  8. "Buch: Der unvergessene Mantel - Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V." Jugendliteratur.org.
  9. Macnab2016-05-25T09:13:00+01:00, Geoffrey. "Bill Nighy to star in 'Triple Word Score'". Screendaily.com.
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