Byron Hurt

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is the former host of the Emmy-nominated series REEL WORKS with BYRON HURT. His acclaimed documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast nationally on PBS’ Emmy-award winning series Independent Lens. Hurt’s film Soul Food Junkies also aired on Independent Lens and the cable news station TVOne. His film Hazing premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on Independent Lens in 2022. His documentary Lee and Liza’s Family Tree aired on PBS NOVA in November 2023. Hurt is currently working on a new short documentary called Men of Courage to be released in 2024. Hurt has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, CNN, MTV, BET, ABC News, and NBC-New York. He is a former adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Journalism School in the Documentary Program and will teach documentary filmmaking in the American Studies/Media and Communications Department at SUNY College-Old Westbury in fall 2024.

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