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Hunter Hopewell

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Hunter Hopewell
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Hunter Hopewell is a sixty-time award-winning filmmaker and full-time Video Producer at Disney. He is the co-host of D23 Inside Disney: The Official Disney Podcast and the Assistant Director of Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives, a feature documentary streaming on Disney+. As a voice actor, he provides VO for promos and events for D23: The Official Disney Fan Club and is the creator and narrator of their most popular series 'Five Facts,' now available on Disney On Demand at every Disney Resort in the United States.

Working with talented collaborators, he has written and directed ten award-winning short films, including a first place win at the United Nations for his anti-bullying short film, Numbskull. In 2021, his directorial debut feature film 'Shellfish' premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre, where it was picked up for distribution. The film went on to win thirty awards, including ten "Best of Fests," and is now available on Prime Video, Apple TV+ and every major movie rental platform.
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      • 25 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Perry Bruno, Mackenzie Amar, Michael Abdoulah, Shari Abdoulah, Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Serenity Garcia, and Michael Yosef in Shellfish (2022)
    Shellfish
    8.0
    • Writer
    • 2022
    D23 Presents Five Facts (2019)
    D23 Presents Five Facts
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Intern of the Jedi (2016)
    Intern of the Jedi
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020)
    Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
    7.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2020

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    • Perry Bruno, Mackenzie Amar, Michael Abdoulah, Shari Abdoulah, Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Serenity Garcia, and Michael Yosef in Shellfish (2022)
      Shellfish
      8.0
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Pillow Fight (2021)
      Pillow Fight
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • D23 Presents Five Facts (2019)
      D23 Presents Five Facts
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2019–2020
    • Wind (2014)
      Wind
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Pink Elephant (2014)
      Pink Elephant
      5.3
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Numbskull (2013)
      Numbskull
      4.0
      Short
      • story
      • writer
      • 2013
    • Hunter Hopewell in Alone (2012)
      Alone
      2.9
      Short
      • writer
      • 2012

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    • Perry Bruno, Mackenzie Amar, Michael Abdoulah, Shari Abdoulah, Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Serenity Garcia, and Michael Yosef in Shellfish (2022)
      Shellfish
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Pillow Fight (2021)
      Pillow Fight
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • D23 Presents Five Facts (2019)
      D23 Presents Five Facts
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Peace in the Streets (2017)
      Peace in the Streets
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Prince of Magic (2017)
      Prince of Magic
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Intern of the Jedi (2016)
      Intern of the Jedi
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Gumball (2015)
      Gumball
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Wind (2014)
      Wind
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Pink Elephant (2014)
      Pink Elephant
      5.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Numbskull (2013)
      Numbskull
      4.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Hunter Hopewell in Alone (2012)
      Alone
      2.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012

    Producer



    • Perry Bruno, Mackenzie Amar, Michael Abdoulah, Shari Abdoulah, Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Serenity Garcia, and Michael Yosef in Shellfish (2022)
      Shellfish
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2022
    • D23 Presents Five Facts (2019)
      D23 Presents Five Facts
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Pink Elephant (2014)
      Pink Elephant
      5.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Numbskull (2013)
      Numbskull
      4.0
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Hunter Hopewell in Alone (2012)
      Alone
      2.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012

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    Shellfish
    Trailer 1:43
    Shellfish

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      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)

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