The film industry has been left shocked and in mourning after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on set when actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm.
Hutchins, who was 42, was director of photography for Baldwin's latest movie,"Rust," a Western which was being filmed in New Mexico and stars Baldwin, Travis Fimmel and Jensen Ackles.According to law enforcement statements provided to CNN, Hutchins was shot around 1:50 p.m. Thursday local time and was airlifted to hospital but died of her injuries.Born in Ukraine, Hutchins lived in Los Angeles and graduated from the American Film Institute in 2015.
Film director James Cullen Bressack commented on her post to say:"I will miss you my friend.... This is devastating."Other directors paid tribute to Hutchins. "Archenemy" director Adam Egypt Mortimer said:"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." He said in a further tweet she had"a brilliant mind.