Career
Hammond has cited influences from the works of Steven Spielberg, Alfonso Cuarón, Quentin Tarantino, and Taika Waititi. [6] His film Expect A Miracle depicts San Diego's handle on AIDS in the 1980s, a time where sexual orientation towards the same gender was confined. [7]
Hammond was a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con and compared being selected to screen his film Kathy there as exciting as having an Emmy nomination. [8] [9] He was a judge for the Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project in 2020 and his film Before depicted a dinner party within the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11]
Hammond and Jodi Cilley talked about the challenges faced when recruiting talent when turning true local stories into films. [12] He is part of an expanded network of LGBT filmmakers who have influence to project styles of horror. [13]
Kathy short film
Kathy is a 2018 horror short film directed by Jonathan Hammond and written by Hammond and Ryan Roach. The film stars Samantha Ginn, Cristyn Chandler, Suzana Norberg, Frank DiPalermo and Jared Sarvis. [14]
The film was made in San Diego. The story was originally written as non-fiction about a gay local writer's early life within his strict, faithful family. It was then redrafted as a horror film, taking place in the 1980s. [15] Hammond mentioned being influenced on inspecting important topics of interest to come up with characters of a different degree. [16]
Kathy screened at Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, [17] [18] [19] Catalina Film Festival, [20] Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, [15] FilmOut San Diego, [21] [22] Indie Short Fest, [23] San Diego Film Week [24] and IndieX Film Fest. [25] It was distributed by Alter. [26]
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