Halyna Hutchins’ father, a cinematographer, was killed by a prop shot in the hands Alec Baldwin. He insists that Baldwin was not responsible for his daughter’s tragic death.
Anatoly androsovych was the first person to speak with the media about the incident. He blamed the film’s armoury teams for giving Baldwin a loaded weapon.
Anatoly is currently working to get visas for his wife Olga (and daughter Svetlana) to enter the US to support Halyna and Matt (and son Andros), who are just 9 years old and without their mother.
Anatoly said to the Sun that Anatoly and her family still couldn’t believe Halyna’s death, adding that her mother was going through a lot of grief.
“But I don’t hold Alec Baldwin responsible — it is the responsibility of the props people who handle the guns.’
‘[Halyna’s son] has been very badly affected — he is lost without his mother.’
Halyna was born in Ukraine and raised on Soviet military bases’surrounded with reindeer and submarines’. She was expected to have a bright future in Hollywood, but her tragically short life ended in tragedy. (Halyna photographed in 2018
Halyna (42 years old) has left behind Matthew, a Harvard lawyer and graduate, and Andros, a 9-year-old boy.
Matthew Hutchins stated to DailyMail.com Friday that he spoke with Alec Baldwin, and that he is very supportive. He said that they are grateful for all the sympathy. “It feels like people are going up mountains.”
After accidentally shooting and killing the cinematographer, Alec Baldwin is seen outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.
Baldwin shot and killed Halya HUTCHINS on the set for his new movie “Rust” in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Thursday at 1.50pm
Baldwin accidentally killed Halyna HUTCHINS, 42, the Director Of Photography for his new movie “Rust”, on Thursday, 1.50pm, at a Santa Fe Ranch, New Mexico.
It is believed that he fired one round from a Colt revolver, which somehow struck both Hutchins as well as the movie’s director Joel Souza, 48.
Yesterday, it was revealed that other members of set were using the revolver for target practice. It had probably fired live rounds just prior to the shootings of Halyna as well as director Souza.
Alec Baldwin was wielding a vintage Colt pistol when it accidentally went off (pictured: Colt pistol manufactured between 1873-92. Rust was set in the 1880s.
Svetlana, Halyna’s younger sister, has railed against ‘negligence’ at the film set, which she blamed in her older sibling’s suicide.
“How could this negligence have been allowed by such a team? This is an absurd coincidence.
“I don’t know where the investigation will take me, but there are so many possibilities. It’s impossible to live with the shock of it all, God only knows.
Sun streaming in from above, Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer, smiles at the camera as she films herself riding into the New Mexico desert on horseback. This was the last Instagram picture that the married mother of one shared before Alec Baldwin accidentally killed her with a prop gun.
Alec Baldwin was seen in a parking lot doubled over, his hands on his knees, and his face looking distressed after the shooting.
“The only thing that we want right now, is to be there beside Halyna’s husband with their son to make sure that he feels our support.”
Father Anatoly confirmed that the family’s priority was to obtain visas to allow them access to Halyna’s husband Matthew Hutchins’ and son Andros. Matthew will decide if he will press charges regarding his wife’s death.
In Alberquerque (New Mexico), dozens of mourners attended the candlelit vigil in Halyna’s memory last night at Albuquerque Civic Plaza.
Mourners held candles, made heartfelt speeches about Hutchins, shared their grief, and lit candles to remember Hutchins as a loved member of the community.
Matthew was seen with Andros, the couple’s nine-year-old son, as they were leaving a New Mexico hotel the same day.
Matthew and Andros attended a private Santa Fe funeral on Friday. Alec Baldwin was also there. According to reports, there were grief counselors present at the service.
Another vigil is planned for Hutchins on Sunday at the IATSE 80 headquarters in Burbank, from 6pm to 7:30pm.
Christian Hutchins (no relation to Halyna Hutchins), places a candle in front a Hutchins photo during an Albuquerque Civic Plaza vigil in her honor on October 23rd
Hutchins was a 42 year-old mother. A second vigil will be held at the IATSE 80 headquarters in Burbank from 6pm to 7:30pm.
Matthew Hutchins and his son Andros move to another New Mexico Hotel after the tragic death Halyna Hutchins’ wife. Alec Baldwin accidentally shot Matthew Hutchins while making a western movie.
Halyna Hutchins, 42 from Ukraine, was the mother for Andros, 9 years old (pictured leaving New Mexico together with his father).
Matthew, a Harvard law graduate and lawyer, stated that he spoke with Alec Baldwin on Friday and that he is very supportive.
“When there is a family member’s death, there is obviously a lot to be done. We are moving forward to address all the issues on the ground. There are many phone calls and messages.
He said that he was grateful for all the sympathy. “It feels as if people are going to move mountains.”
Baldwin wrote in two tweets Friday: “There are not enough words to express my shock at the tragic accident that claimed Halyna Hutchins’ life, a mother, wife, and highly admired colleague.
‘I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family.
“My heart breaks for her husband, their son and all who loved Halyna.”
Richard Denton (producer of Shakespeare Uncovered) said: “Halyna is the most wonderful, vital and lively person to work with. She was warm and generous.
Matthew Hutchins shares a 9 year-old son Andros with Halya. His father, Halya, is currently struggling to cope with the death of his mother.
Halyna Hutchins was born in 1979. She was the daughter to military parents. She grew-up on a Soviet base in the Arctic circle’. She recalled what it was like. They were surrounded by nuclear submarines and reindeer.
In a sign of her broad interests, Halyna, who was fluent in Russian and English, attended the National University of Kyiv, Ukraine’s most prestigious higher education institution, and graduated with a degree in International Journalism.
This was her ticket to travel abroad. She spent time as an investigative reporter, working in print as well as documentaries.
Richard Denton, the producer of Shakespeare Uncovered and many films set in the former USSR, said that Halyna was a wonderful, vibrant, active, and positive person to have worked with. She was warm and generous.
‘She handled everything from translating interviews to making Leonid’s horse move in the right direction. She was unpretentious, yet extremely professional.
Hutchins emigrated to the US at some point and settled in California. She married husband Matthew, a lawyer and Harvard graduate, before welcoming their much wanted son Andros in 2012.
Halyna Hutchins and her son Andros (9 years old) in a tweet shared Friday by Matthew
‘I remember when Halyna and I would talk about how much she wanted to have a child so many years ago,’ wrote her friend, Stephanie, ‘and being at the hospital the day he was born and seeing her so filled with happiness.’
Hutchins began working on short films shortly after Andros was born. She enrolled in a two-year course with the American Film Institute Conservatory to sharpen her skills as a cinematographer.
A cinematographer is also known as a director or photographer. They are responsible for the film and lighting crews.
In 2018, Halyna was named as part of the inaugural class of the 21st Century Fox DP Lab, a networking cohort designed to expand opportunities for female cinematographers by connecting them with working professionals.
She was named one of the ‘rising stars’ of cinematography by American Cinematographer in the following year.