Byron Hurt

{{short description|American film director}}

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| birth_name = Byron Patrick Hurt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|31}}

| birth_place = United States

| nationality = American

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| spouse = {{marriage|Kenya Felice Crumel|2006}}

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Byron Patrick Hurt (born December 31, 1969){{citation needed|date=March 2019}} is an American activist, lecturer, writer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. In 2010, he hosted the Emmy-nominated television show, Reel Works with Byron Hurt.{{cite web|url= http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/happenings/oncampus/november-11-provosts-lecture-with-filmmaker-byron-hurt/|title= November 11 Provost's Lecture with Filmmaker Byron Hurt|date= November 4, 2013|publisher= Stony Brook University|access-date= January 27, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150116172716/http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/happenings/oncampus/november-11-provosts-lecture-with-filmmaker-byron-hurt/|archive-date= January 16, 2015|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}} His documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival{{cite web |url= http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2013/beyond-beats-and-rhymes |title= Beyond beats and rhymes. How far has hip hop come and where will it go next? |date= February 22, 2013 |publisher= Stanford University, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research |access-date= January 27, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150621061021/http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2013/beyond-beats-and-rhymes |archive-date= June 21, 2015 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }} and broadcast nationally on PBS in 2007.{{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/classroom/hiphop.html|title= Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes |publisher= PBS}} His film Soul Food Junkies received the Best Documentary Award at the 2012 American Black Film Festival and aired on PBS' Independent Lens in January 2013.{{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/soul-food-junkies/| title= Soul Food Junkies |publisher= PBS}}

Hurt is currently working on his new documentary Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In, an exploration on the culture of hazing following the tragic hazing deaths of young people.{{Cite web|title = Independent Lens & Independent Television Service (ITVS) Board Byron Hurt's Hazing Documentary - 2016 Completion Eyed|url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/independent-lens-independent-television-service-itvs-board-byron-hurts-hazing-documentary-2016-completion-eyed-20150407|website = Shadow and Act|accessdate = 2015-12-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222230153/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/independent-lens-independent-television-service-itvs-board-byron-hurts-hazing-documentary-2016-completion-eyed-20150407|archive-date = December 22, 2015|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}