Private Project

Touch & Go

In the presence of physical danger, a teenage girl must remain calm under pressure in order to survive the flight of her life.

  • Heather Hutton
    Director
  • Darren Usher
    Writer
  • Heather Hutton
    Producer
  • Blakely Clarke
    Producer
  • Nina Marinov
    Producer
  • Clayton Nix
    Producer
  • Lydia Meredith
    Key Cast
  • Joseph Hart
    Key Cast
  • Johnna Jeong
    Key Cast
  • Jon Bloom
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Savannah College of Art & Design
  • Global Shorts Award of Excellence
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 30, 2018
    Award of Excellence in Editing
  • Atlanta Film Feedback Showcase
    Atlanta
    United States
    August 30, 2019
    Atlanta Film Feedback Showcase
    Best in Show
  • Macon Film Festival
    Macon
    United States
    September 18, 2019
    North America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • South Georgia Film Festival
    Valdosta, GA
    United States
    March 6, 2019
    South Georgia Film Festival
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Heather Hutton

Heather Hutton is the founder of Touch and Go Productions and producing partner with Imperial Savage Productions. She is a producer, director, writer, editor, and sculptor from Atlanta, GA with a BS in Aerospace, a Minor in Physics, and an MFA in Film and Television from Savannah College of Art & Design. She grew up a kid pilot and funded her way through aircraft maintenance school as an artist. Hutton’s restoration projects are on exhibit at the Smithsonian NASM, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Museum. Additionally, she is skilled in welding and blacksmithing with fabrications featured in The Walking Dead, First Man, Venom, Super Intelligence, and Jungle Cruise. Hutton contracts for Tyler Perry Studios and public art sculptors around metro Atlanta. Additionally, she has construction and painting featured in Ozark II and Dynasty. She plans to extend her knowledge in filmmaking to feature and television with the intent to direct her own feature about her experiences as woman in aviation. She has produced and directed SAG-AFTRA feature and short films with an inspiring track record in the festival circuit. Her proof of concept, Touch & Go, received the Global Shorts Award of Excellence in Editing, the International Gold Award for Best Picture, The New York Movie award for Directing, & Best in Show at the Atlanta Film Feedback Showcase.

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