Courtney Hunt

Courtney Hunt (born 1964 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American screenwriter and director .

Life

Courtney Hunt made her directorial debut in 2008 with the film Frozen River , for which she also wrote the screenplay. She received numerous awards for her first work, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival , an Oscar nomination , the Independent Spirit Award, and the Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay. She also won a Gotham Award , a New York Film Critics Circle Award for best first work , and other prizes at various film festivals.

Hunt then directed several episodes of the television series In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne, and an episode of the long-running crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . 2016 followed with The Whole Truth - Lügenspiel her second feature film. the year after she directed an episode of the series Fear the Walking Dead .

2008: Frozen River
2009–2010: In Treatment - The Therapist ( In Treatment , TV series, three episodes)
2011: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 13x06)
2016: The Whole Truth (The Whole Truth)
2017: Fear the Walking Dead (TV series, 1 episode)

personal data
SURNAME	Hunt, Courtney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH	1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Memphis , Tennessee, United States