Hunter Via

Hunter M. Via (born May 2, 1976 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American film and television editor. After graduating from Full Sail University with a film degree, Via entered the film industry working as an editor. He edited several early projects by fellow Full Sail graduate, Darren Lynn Bousman before landing a job as an assistant editor on the FX original series The Shield in 2002. Beginning in 2004, Via took on the role of lead editor and ended up editing seventeen episodes of the series through 2007. In 2007, Via edited his first studio feature film, Frank Darabont's The MiST. Via went on to work on several other television shows and film, including Sons of Anarchy, Mother's Day, The Craigslist Killer, and Torchwood. Via edited three episodes of the popular AMC series The Walking Dead and received the 61st Annual ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television For his work on the pilot episode.

Selected Filmography

Year

Film

Director

Other notes

2001

Identity Lost

Darren Lynn Bousman

2004

The Shield

Several

17 Episodes

2007

The Mist

Frank Darabont

2008

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

Ralph Wilcox

Sons of Anarchy

Several

10 episodes

2010

Mother's Day

Darren Lynn Bousman

The Walking Dead

Several

Winner - ACE Eddie Award

2011

The Craigslist Killer

Stephen Kay

TV movie

Torchwood

Several

4 episodes