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Oct 26, 2021 · Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed when Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of the western movie Rust on Thursday. The film's director Joel Souza, who was standing behind her, was shot in the shoulder. It is unclear why the gun contained a projectile.
- Three pilots similarly died while filming dangerous stunts for the 1930 film Hell's Angels. Director Howard Hughes himself crashed a plane while filming a dangerous stunt that a stuntman refused to film, though he survived the crash.
- Cinematographer Neal Fredericks — best known for The Blair Witch Project — also died in a plane crash shooting aerial footage for the film CrossBones.
- On the last day of filming for Twilight Zone: The Movie, they were shooting a Vietnam War battle scene where actor Vic Morrow, 53, and child actors Renee Shinn Chen and Myca Dinh Le, who were six and seven, ran from a pursuing helicopter.
- The film Caine changed its name to Shark after a stunt person was killed by a shark during filming. They then used photos of the accident to promote the film.
Oct 22, 2021 · Halyna Hutchins, 42, was shot while working on the set as director of photography. She was flown to hospital by helicopter but died of her injuries.
Oct 26, 2021 · Family, peers and community members of Halyna Hutchins mourned the cinematographer’s untimely death after the 42-year-old was killed on the film set of “Rust” from a firearm mishap.
Oct 21, 2021 · The actor was told a gun being used as a prop was safe before he fired it on the set of “Rust,” killing the film’s cinematographer and wounding its director, law enforcement officials said.
Oct 25, 2021 · Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of “Rust” in October 2021. A judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against star Alec Baldwin in July 2024.
Apr 21, 2023 · Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the set of Western film Rust in New Mexico in 2021, after a gun held by Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fired a live round while he was rehearsing a...
