The grieving husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins revealed that Alec Baldwin had been in touch and was ‘very supportive’.
Film industry insiders said Mrs Hutchins was an ‘incredible artist’ with a huge career ahead of her.
She was named one of American Cinematographer magazine’s rising stars in 2019 and was married to Matthew, a lawyer, with whom she had a young son Andros, believed to be eight-years-old.
They lived in Venice Beach, California, and she referred to Andros affectionately online as her ‘little man’.
Film industry insiders said Mrs Hutchins was an ‘incredible artist’ with a huge career ahead of her
Mrs Hutchins’s most recent post on Instagram, from Tuesday, showed her riding horses on set in New Mexico, two days before the tragedy.
She was born in Ukraine in 1979 and grew up an ‘army brat’ on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle where she was ‘surrounded by reindeer and nuclear submarines’, according to her website.
She discovered a passion for filming in the harsh environment. She would later document her love of extreme sports such as parachuting or cave exploration.
After graduating from Kiev University, Mrs Hutchins earned a degree as an international journalist. She then went on to work as an investigative reporter for British documentary productions in Europe. She said: ‘I was fascinated with storytelling based on real characters.’
Mrs Hutchins graduated with a degree from Kiev University in international journalism. She then went on as an investigative reporter for British documentary productions.
Later, she moved to the USA and graduated from the American Film Institute in 2015. Stephen Lighthill, a cinematographer and director who worked on Top Gun, mentored her.
She went on to shoot last year’s independent superhero film Archenemy alongside director Adam Egypt Mortimer. Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he said: ‘I don’t know how her son is going to grow up knowing that his mother died being accidentally shot on a film set.’
Mr Mortimer added: ‘I’m so sad about losing Halyna and so infuriated that this could happen on a set. She was a brilliant talent who was absolutely committed to art and to film.’
Ukrainian friend Andriy Semenyuk described her death as a ‘stupid, shocking loss’.
Richard Denton, producer behind Shakespeare Uncovered, said: ‘Halyna was the most wonderful, vital, lively and positive person to work with. She was completely unpretentious and incredibly professional.’