Pittsburgh native Andrew Hunt began making films at the age of eleven with a borrowed video camera and an army of neighborhood friends. Hunt went on to study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Soon after, he started working professionally as a writer/director on television commercials, documentaries, short films and music videos. In 2007, Hunt was selected by Steven Spielberg to be a contestant on the Fox Reality series, "On The Lot". The show gave filmmakers from across the globe the opportunity to make films inside the Hollywood system. Hunt placed in the "Top 6" out of 12,000 filmmakers.