Jay Hunt (director)

{{short description|American film director}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jay Hunt

| image = Jay Hunt Lightnin (1925).jpg

| caption = Hunt in Lightnin' (1925)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1855|8|4}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1932|11|18|1855|8|4}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| years_active = 1911–1931

}}

Jay Hunt (August 4, 1855 – November 18, 1932) was an American film director and actor.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vNSuAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Jay+Hunt%22+film+director&pg=PA40|title=Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson|first=Randy Bryan|last=Bigham|date=April 11, 2014|publisher=Lulu |isbn=9781105520082|access-date=March 22, 2019|via=Google Books}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Jay+Hunt%22+film+director&pg=PA174|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|access-date=March 22, 2019|via=Google Books}} He directed nearly 70 films between 1911 and 1919. He continued his career as an actor until 1931. The White Squaw, a 1920 film directed by Hunt, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=jay+hunt&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}