Check Out Logan Hunter’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Logan Hunter

Hi Logan, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I grew up as a competitive swimmer on scholarship at Indiana University while I was in the Musical/Theater Department. After my first year of college I left my swimming career and scholarship behind to move to New York City to peruse acting and film making. Once I was no longer training for swimming, I found myself with a lot of extra time on my hands so I began putting that time and effort into my craft. I began taking acting classes and started studying film making. After almost 10 years of working my way up the ladder in NYC, I had finally acquired the skill sets and knowledge I needed to begin working on more legitimate larger budget projects. I was performing in musicals as well as in television and film and also began working as a crew member on several projects. Finally I was asked to work as a producer on a film with a team that had grown to trust me and understood my well roundedness. As an all around problem solver with and endless well of positive energy and just enough knowledge of all the different facets of a film set, I was the right guy for the job. Shortly there after, one film led to another and another which led to me being hired by the up and coming film production company BarBHouse Productions where I work as their Director Of Motion Pictures and help get films off the ground and help to ensure that they get made to the best of their potential!

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The road is never smooth, and if it is, I get suspicious… Ha. People like to say that the Journey is more important than the goal. Well in our industry, both are important. But the Journey is often overlooked by those around us and those who don’t know what we have had to endure and go through to get where we are. All people see is a person they may not have seen before on screen or someone they haven’t heard of directing a film they like and BOOM!!! you’re famous… Overnight success!!!! But what they don’t know is that you have been working towards that role or towards directing that film for the past 10 years or even more. I’ve been working in this industry almost 25 years now and I’m just starting to be able to make a good living doing it. So it is more likely that behind every “over night success” story, there is a lot of hardship and struggles that came before. I could write an entire book of the hardships of moving to NYC at the age of 19, 6 days after the Twin Towers were attacked with no support, $800 to my name and no where to live or work. I hit the ground running trying to find a job and a place to live. Then tried to save enough money to get enrolled in classes, start training and begin auditioning. I’ve been mugged, I’ve been stabbed,,, (several times), just living my life and going through the daily grind minding my own business. But sometimes you just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time (or just in the wrong neighborhood). The list of struggles goes on and on, but those aren’t necessarily the important part,,, The important part is what you learned from those struggles and the resilience you build getting knocked down and rejected over and over again. It makes you really begin to question things. Then you find yourself in a position where you really need to have those reality check conversations with yourself and assess whether or not you are cut out for it. If you believe that you are and you surround yourself with people who are honest with you and support your decisions, you press on! And then if and when opportunity knocks, not only are you ready to perform but you are ready to continue to work hard and stay humble because no one handed you a golden ticket…

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a film maker. I have been working in the industry for almost 25 years now. I come from a lower middle class family in the mid-west who raised me on hard work, dedication, persistence and always keeping a positive outlook not only on what’s in front of you but also what is behind you. I will always find something in the cup,,, even if it’s only a drop full, I will focus on that one drop and imagine all that I can do with all that empty space!
Something that has been very beneficial to me in the film making world is that I come from a competitive swimming background. So not only am I insanely competitive, but I’m no stranger to out working and out lasting anyone and everyone else who is in the pool. I was jumping into the freezing cold water at 5:00 in the morning to train before I was even 10 years old and then coming back to train again in the afternoons. By the time I was 15, it was school during the day, working a part time job in the evenings and training for swimming between 25-30 hours a week. I was literally putting in between 80 and 95 hours a week for almost 5 years before I ever even joined the real world work force. Forget about what that work ethic did for me back in the early 2000s, but now with the workforce being what it is currently, someone who doesn’t blink at putting in 80 hours in a week is unheard of.
One of the other things that has set me apart is that I have worked in so many of the different facets of the film industry. I have fairly in depth knowledge of almost all aspects of the film making process from writing to editing, being a production assistant to camera operating and almost everything in between. I have also done a lot of performing on stage and in film and have a lot of formal training in acting. Combine these things along with the afore mentioned work ethic and it makes for a pretty useful Film Director and Film Producer. (Also having “Producing” experience has proven invaluable in my ability to be able to understand how to be a much more valuable director to a production.)
All in all, some of the hardest things to find these days in a team member is someone who isn’t afraid to get dirty and work hard, someone who always stays in a positive mood, someone who actually has a lot of hands on experience and can also stay humble. When I look for team members, these are some of the first and most important things I look for as well as them being the standards that I hold myself to as a team mate to someone else!

Alright so before we go can you talk to us a bit about how people can work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I am pretty busy with multiple projects but always exploring what’s next. My contact information is easy to find on IMDB through my agent or directly to my email through BarBHouse Productions. I also respond to messages on IG so I am often getting reached out to there. I stay off all the other social media platforms deliberately. (For now at least) no twitter/X, no facebook, no snapping… haha, I use IG mostly for contacting people and business. I am always looking for new collaborators and great people to work with as well as new projects. Keep your eyes pealed for my next upcoming projects! I’ll not say too much about what’s in the pipe but for now I’ll just say that it doesn’t take too much digging to find out what I’m up to!!!
#NannyCam #JWOWW #BarBHouseProductions

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.Barbhouse.com
• Instagram: @loganhunterofficial
• Other: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1634417/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_Logan%2520Hunter