Grantland Hawkins is a filmmaker, writer, and graphic designer based in Chicago, IL and a proud alumnus of DePaul University’s Film and Television program. He has burned his fingertips on many Source Four Leko's and can often be found pretending.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and writes and produces films for Cinema Rare Wine Pictures, which he cofounded with his brother, William S. Hawkins. He has had films screened across the midwest and Los Angeles, being described as "intentionally flawed" and garnering such praise as "what?".
His most prized possession is a painting of a sea monster.
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2026 - Current: Freelance Gaffer & Camera Operator; Butterfly Productions
2025 - Current: Graphics and Marketing Assistant; Broadway In Chicago
2025 - Current: Freelance Production Assistant; DePaul University Athletics
2023 - Current: Live Broadcast Technician; Rush Media Company
2022 - 2026: Freelance Graphic Designer; Lyric Opera of Chicago
2025: Graduate Teaching Assistant; DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts
2023 - 2024: Assistant Theatre Director; Archbishop Moeller High School Theatre
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2026: Moonballer (Dir. Joey Whitaker); 2nd Unit Gaffer
2026: Cecilia (Dir. Jo Unden); Gaffer
2026: Punk Rock Kids (Dir. William S. Hawkins); Writer, Gaffer
2025: Untitled FOXING Concert Film (Dir. Texas Smith); Camera Operator
2025: 30 Year-Old Bar Mitzvah (Dir. Elijah Newman); Gaffer
2025: Dust of Summer (Dir. Minkyo Park); Gaffer
2025: The Angel of Lake Bastrop (Dir. Jorge Cotte); Gaffer
2025: Fight Night (Dir. Kylii Clay); Gaffer
2025: The Alchemy of Space (Dir. Rob Adler); Gaffer
2025: Nervous Ravenous Hunger (Dir. Jorge Cotte); Gaffer
2025: My Stranger (Dir. Minkyo Park); Gaffer
2024: Tape no. 17 (Dir. Jorge Cotte); Gaffer
2024: Serial Ex-Girlfriend (Dir. Anna Kotecki); Gaffer and 2nd Unit Cinematographer
2024: Such Sweet Use (Dir. Jorge Cotte); Gaffer
2023: It It Too Late? (Dir. William S. Hawkins); Gaffer
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2026: 2nd DePaul Selects Film Showcase; Los Angeles California
2025: 19th DePaul Premiere Film Showcase; Chicago Illinois
2025: 9th DEF Showcase; Chicago, Illinois
2025: 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival - New Voices Film Jam; Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2025: Master of Science Film & Television - Cinematography Concentration; DePaul University
2022: Bachelor of Arts Visual Communication; Loyola University Chicago