Justin Hunt (filmmaker)
Justin Travis Hunt (born September 16, 1976), is an American filmmaker whose films include American Meth (2007), Absent (2010), and The Speed of Orange (2012).
Early life
He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, where his father, Glen Hunt, was a jockey, and his mother, Linda, was a race horse trainer. Hunt was a television news anchor and reporter, primarily in New Mexico, in the late '90s and early 2000s. In 2003, he left a successful career in broadcasting to begin his production company, Time & Tide Productions, Inc.
Filmmaking
Since 2003, Time & Tide Productions has turned out hundreds of video projects, most notably James & Erniefied (2004), a documentary-style production of Navajo comedians James Junes and Ernest Tsosie III, The Meth Monster (2004), American Meth (2007), Absent (2010), and The Speed of Orange (2012).
Hunt also founded the American Meth Education Foundation.
American Meth
His first feature was American Meth (2007). This documentary narrated by Val Kilmer looked at the effects of the drug methamphetamine on American culture and on an American family. The film was picked up for distribution by Rivercoast Film Distribution. Sound on Sight found it shocking but educational. Hunt toured the film, including free screenings for high school students.