James Hunter is an award-winning Melbourne-based filmmaker, originally from Canberra, who just completed his debut feature film The Latcher - a psychological horror starring Lucy Lovegrove under his production company Full Cycle Films.

In this conversation, we delve into:

• James' life as a filmmaker
• Making shorts as a child and having one play at a film festival when he was 12
• Dropping out of school at 16 to move to Sydney to study film
• Returning to Canberra and winning Best Film and Best Director at Lights Canberra Action 2016 while developing feature film scripts
• Moving to Melbourne and shooting his short Nest on film to film festival success, where it premiere at the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival, in the Accelerator Shorts program, an annual MIFF initiative designed to fast-track the feature film careers of outstanding emerging filmmakers. Alumni of MIFF Accelerator include Taika Waititi (Thor Ragnarok), David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang) and Natalie Erika James (Relic).
• How he pulled off production on his debut feature film The Latcher.

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