a.e. hunt is a brooklyn-based filmmaker from illinois; cameraperson in doc/narrative production; film critic in publications like criterion, film comment, sight & sound, and rappler; freelance programmer; theatrical booker for distributors like kani releasing; and the vice president of dedza films, a distribution initiative for emerging filmmakers of color. He recently edited a two-volume memoir about writer/director mike de leon’s life during the first and second golden ages of philippine cinema and guest edited a writing series for sentient art film's release of lo que queda en el camino to community spaces across the us-mexico border.