Hunter Grant

My Story

Hunter Grant is an Indigenous-Canadian writer, director, producer. story editor, and production manager who enjoys creative collaborations with his peers and loves to riff on everything from film to philosophy. An Interior Salish Status Indian, Hunter is also of Eurasian descent and feels connected to both aspects of his ancestry.  His multicultural background allows him to be open to, respect, and learn from differing points of view and to view individuals, societies, perspectives and ideas through a broad and compassionate lens.

Hunter is a graduate of the University of Victoria, where he completed a double major in Spanish & French, with concentrations in Creative Writing and Film Studies. His intellectual curiosity and desire to learn inspires him to delve deeply into subjects, read widely, be well-informed and knowledgeable on a wide array of topics, and to articulate this thoughts and ideas with precision and care. He is sociable and community-minded, and his is generous, affable nature means he is always ready to lend a hand, to be a support, and to consider the needs of others. These traits inform his writing and allow his characters and storylines to have complexity without losing their humanity.

Hunter is a lover of genre horror, supernatural, science fiction, comedy, and experimental storytelling. His work spans a wide range of genres and formats, primarily short and feature scripts in various stages of development and pre-production. Hunter specializes in fostering the imaginative phase of scriptwriting while remaining attendant to the technical specifications of each project. He has a unique talent for brainstorming, problem-solving, and world-building in service of character, plot, and tone. Hunter understands human nature and is diligent in creating characters and storylines that ring true. His keen eye for detail enables him to discern and analyze the motivations underlying actions, the pacing and trajectory of story arcs, the nuances of plot and story development, the building of drama intrigue, or fear, and the deep structure of films that either holds them together or makes them fall apart.

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Hunter is the recipient of the 2025 Vancouver Film Studios Indigenous Filmmaker Award for his short film script Light the Stars, a story that explores that sometimes-awkward, sometimes-funny, sometimes-painful transition from adolescence to young adulthood. And what becomes of childhood frienships that had once seemed so effortless to maintain? Told wth unusual insight, humour and care, the film is a tender but realistic portrayal of two young women, once inseparable besties, reuniting with their high school friends -- and each other -- for their annual summer campout, after an extended period without contact. At times delicate, at times raw, Light the Stars allows us a glipse into an intimate moment between two friends unsure of whether to hang on or to let go, And we hold that moment with reverence, not as voyeurs but as witnesses.  We find ourselves feeling with them, admiring their courage, relating to their struggle. We wonder what we would do in their shoes. And we look to them for guidance. Set to lens in late 2026. this project marks Hunter's first foray into taking on the multi-hyphenate roles of writer, director, editor, and production manager for a production of this size and for a story so close to his heart. 

Hunter's recent credits include: Associate Producer for Nancy (a short-form historical fiction); Production Manager for Ectopia, (a digital-interactive, immersive art installation, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts); Co-Director of Deprogrammer, (an analog experimental short, screened at Victoria One-Take Super 8 Film Festival in 2024); Production Manager on Mechanism (an experimental analog multi-media film commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario and screened in August 2023); and as Script Supervisor for Forest Echoes (narrative short), a TELUS Storyhive commission, which has screened at over 15 film festivals internationally and recently won the award for Best Sound Design at  the 2025 Edition of the Tall Grass Film Festival in Wichita, Kansas. Currently, Hunter is Story Editor for Artifact, a short-form digital series funded by the Indigenous Screen office, currently in pre-production. 

Hunter is the Co-Writer and Co-Director of Entity, a science fiction feature screenplay currently in development. To that end, he has written short-form proof of concept, directed a sizzle teaser, and produced a full narrative treatment. He has also created character bible, pitch deck, beat sheet, outline, and draft script. Entity has received support from the Reel World Screen Institute, CreativeBC, and the Rogers Indigenous Film Fund, and was named a Blood in the Snow Horror Development Lab project in 2023. Hunter is also attached to write and direct a segment for an upcoming horror anthology feature, for which he has written a genre short entitled The Forgotten. Hunter’s projects have been funded by imagineNATIVE’s Original Shorts program, the Canada Media Fund, and the Netflix/Banff Diversity of Voices initiative..

Hunter is invested in the well being of his local Community and in Indigenous identity globally. Having played rugby in his teens, he understands how vital sport is to maintaining good health and strong connections. Rugby is a sport that is especially imbued with Indigenous values. The Maori Peoples have infused the sport with their unique customs and strength, which they share with other Aboriginal athletes during the cultural exchanges that are central to rugby tours. As a Youth Hunter played for -- and later returned in the role of assistant coach of -- the Aboriginal Thunder Youth Rugby team, as he was eager to foster in a next generation of Indigenous youngstersthe same love for the game that had been shared with him. As part of the team, Hunter had the opportunity to accompany the team on a cultural tour of New Zealand to connect with the Māori Peoples of Aotearoa, upon whose Ancestral Lands the Haka emerged as both symbol and embodiment of Indigenous strength, resilience, and identity. In preparation for this encounter, Hunter learned tribal songs, drumming, dance, oral histories of the Kwak’waka’wakh Nation and learned to paddle the Thunderbird Canoe. When Hunter and his teammates arrived carrying these teachings beyond their home territory, they were greeted by the youth and elders of the community, stayed in traditional marae, and were taught Māori songs and stories. During this exchange, they were received not as strangers, but as returning relations bringing Ancestral memory, which is how his journey will always be remembered.