Norm Hunter

by MovieMaker Staff | Published November 26, 2006

Actress Lalaine consults with writer-director-producer Norm Hunter between takes on the set of Summertime Films’ Her Best Move.

Model-actress. Writer-director. Actor-director. Dozens of hyphenates have become commonplace titles in modern-day Hollywood. The one you don’t hear too often, however, is racecar-driver-turned-director. That is, of course, unless you’re talking about Norm Hunter.

After earning a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and having spent his summers designing and building racecars, Hunter dove headfirst into a racing career that lasted five years and earned him a reputation as one of the world’s top professional drivers. A manufacturing career came next, but neither occupation was enough to deter Hunter from pursuing his true goal: Making movies.

Hunter’s latest project, the romantic teen dramedy Her Best Move, about a high school soccer star dealing with teen angst and her professional future, may seem to be a tame entry from a man with an obvious need for speed, but Hunter doesn’t think so: “Racing cars and making movies have more in common than you might think,” he says. “In both, you have to make a million decisions quickly and confidently—and any one of those decisions can dramatically affect the end result, for better or worse! In each, you have a fantastic, highly trained team of people you put your total trust in, all of whom are working in unison to achieve the same goal. And of course, in both racing and filmmaking, you’re always waiting forever for the green light!”

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Comment by Gorgeo on 3/26/09 at 8:02 pm

Well Newman was a race car driver, but nothing as good as this guy.  It’s amazing that he is striving towards making movies now.  I do remember him as a race car driver though, he was great!

Comment by Turkey Tours on 8/22/10 at 6:29 am

“Well Newman was a race car driver, but nothing as good as this guy.  It’s amazing that he is striving towards making movies now.  I do remember him as a race car driver though, he was great!”
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Comment by alarabforum2012 on 8/30/11 at 10:29 am

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Comment by Blue cruise on 9/07/11 at 9:09 am

ı wish to success to Mr Norm for further competitions.

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