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Jeffrey Hunt | |
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| Born | February 15, 1973 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Other names | Jeffrey G. Hunt Jeff Hunt |
| Occupation | Television director, steadicam, camera operator |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Jeffrey Glen Hunt (born February 15, 1973) is an American television director and former steadicam and camera operator.
As a steadicam and camera operator he worked on the films Casper Meets Wendy (1998), With Friends Like These... (1998) and But I’m a Cheerleader (1999). In television, he camera operated on the series The Pretender , Get Real and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , making his television directorial debut on the latter series.
Some of his other television directing credits include: CSI: NY , Cold Case , Close to Home , Chuck , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , Dark Blue , Burn Notice , Chase , The Forgotten , Alphas , Person of Interest , The Vampire Diaries , Hawaii 5-0 , Nikita , and Fringe . [1]
He is not to be confused with another Jeffrey Hunt, a second assistant director who worked on the series Las Vegas and Numb3rs .
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