Editing Carl Hunter

{{Short description|English director, screenwriter and bassist}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Carl Hunter
|occupation=Film director, screenwriter, bassist
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1965|4|14|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Liverpool]], England
}}

'''Carl James Hunter''' (born 14 April 1965, [[Liverpool]], England) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2375667/ |title=Carl Hunter &#124; Director, Producer, Actor |website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> is an English [[Music director|director]] and [[screenwriter]] and the [[bassist]] in the Liverpool-based [[pop music|pop]] [[musical ensemble|group]] [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]].

==Career==
===Music===
In 1983, Hunter was part of the second wave of members who joined [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]], and apart from his musical contributions, he also helped to design their [[Compact disc|CD]] [[album cover|jackets]] and sleeves. The band's 1991 album ''[[Spartacus (The Farm album)|Spartacus]]'' reached number 1 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19910310/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 75 – Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> Three singles from the band reached the Top 10 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]; 1990's "[[Groovy Train]]" and "[[All Together Now (The Farm song)|All Together Now]]", as well as the 2004 remix of "All Together Now".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/all+together+now/|title=all together now – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/groovy+train/|title=groovy train – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref>

===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''.<ref name="edgehill.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/media/staff/carl-hunter/|title=Carl Hunter|website=Edgehill.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4fd2629|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308142716/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4fd2629|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2017|title=Carl Hunter|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

Since the early 2000s, Hunter has worked closely with [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]] (writer of ''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]'' and ''[[24 Hour Party People]]''). In 2007, they released the feature film ''[[Grow Your Own (film)|Grow Your Own]]'', a British comedy set on a Merseyside allotment. Hunter acted as a [[film producer|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 (magazine)|The Reader]], into a short online film.<ref>[http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2009/10/15/accelerate/]{{dead link|date=June 2019}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-announces-children-s-fiction-prize-winner-2012|title=Winner announced for the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize|date=24 October 2012|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jugendliteratur.org/buch/der-unvergessene-mantel-9783551555946/?page_id=1|title=Buch: Der unvergessene Mantel – Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V.|website=Jugendliteratur.org}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/bill-nighy-to-star-in-triple-word-score/5104316.article|title=Bill Nighy to star in 'Triple Word Score'|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab2016-05-25T09:13:00+01:00|website=Screendaily.com}}</ref> 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.<ref name="edgehill.ac.uk"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Credited As 
|-
| 1995 || ''Blood Sports for All: The Punk Kes'' (Short) || Director  
|-
| 1997 || ''Cottage Cheese'' (TV Documentary) || Director 
|-
| 1999 || ''Unloveable'' (Short) || Director and Producer 
|-
| 1997 || ''Tales from the River Bank'' (TV Documentary) || Director
|-
| 2000 || ''Cover Stories: A History of Record Sleeve Design in the North-West'' || Director and Writer
|-
| 2002 || ''Birthday Boy'' (Short) || Director and Producer 
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Grow Your Own (film)|Grow Your Own]]'' || Producer and Writer 
|-
| 2009 || ''Accelerate'' (Short) || Producer and Writer 
|-
| 2018 ||''[[Sometimes Always Never]]'' || Director 
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=2375667|name=Carl Hunter}}
* {{YouTube|id=jVN3eS0x-Bc|title=''The Allotment''}}
* {{YouTube|id=jPKEL8KLCxo|title=''Unloveable''}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308142716/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4fd2629 Carl Hunter] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}

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