Hey, I'm Joe Hunting. I am a filmmaker from the UK, currently working in California. Recently, I have been exploring the art of remote filmmaking within online Virtual Reality (VR) spaces.
My latest film The Reality of Hope is a short documentary that premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2025, and will be releasing globally on Documentary+ this summer. The film was additionally programmed at Milwaukee Film Festival and Independent Film Festival Boston.
I'm likely most known for my feature film We Met In Virtual Reality, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2022 and continued to tour at True / False, CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity and more. The documentary is now streaming on max.
Earlier, I created an eleven episode series titled Virtually Speaking, plus two short films A Wider Screen and Club Zodiac, that both screened at London Short Film Festival.
Since 2023, I have been working with Tia Johnson and Rob Ouellette under my production company Painted Clouds. We direct our own work alongside servicing other productions filmed inside social VR apps or game engines, such as Unreal Engine.
During 2020 - 2021, I worked as a VR videographer to capture online events for MIT, A MAZE, CreativeXR and Raindance Immersive. More recently, I was the VR cinematographer for a scene in Fatherhood with my Father on Netflix.
I've hosted several virtual production / VR filmmaking workshops around the world. Additionally, I am a curator + programmer for Raindance Immersive festival, since 2020.
Thanks for reading! Say hello at - joe@paintedclouds.studio
