‘Rust’ First Assistant Director Dave Halls Is Not A DGA Member, Opting For “Fi-Core” Status, But Took Mandatory Safety Training

As New Mexico police continue their investigation into the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin, on the set of Rust, the first in what is expected to many lawsuits has been filed.

Another person has been injured on the set of Rust, even after the movie paused production!

Rust assistant director Dave Halls has broken his silence on the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Halls handed actor and producer Alec Baldwin the weapon that killed the 42-year-old cinematographer on the film’s set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, shouting “cold gun” to indicate it was safe.Hutchins died in the accidental shooting, while the film’s director Joel Souza was injured.

As more "Rust" crew members continue to detail their concerns with production, one in particular has spoken out against assistant director Dave Halls. In a lengthy expose about the conditions in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the movie was filming before it halted following the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a digital utility technician named Jonas Huerta admitted to feeling "anxious" on set because of Halls' alleged fast-moving pace.

The Rust First Assistant Director who admitted he didn’t properly check the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21 is now calling on the film industry to make sure “no one is harmed through the creative process again.”

killed the flick’s cinematographer — scowled as he stepped out Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto while wearing the sling, a flannel shirt and shorts.The sighting comes as investigators probe why the gun was loaded with a live round on the reportedly chaotic set, where crew members walked out to protest working conditions.A single bullet fired by Baldwin struck the 48-year-old director after fatally hitting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, as they filmed the Western in Santa Fe, New Mexico on

EXCLUSIVE: A week after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the New Mexico set of Rust, two crew members at the center of the police probe have hired a pair of the state’s top criminal defense lawyers.

Joel Souza has recalled the moment Alec Baldwin accidentally shot a prop gun while on the set of Rust, injuring both him and director of photography Halyna Hutchins, who was later pronounced dead. The devastating ordeal took place last Thursday (21 October) on the film’s set in New Mexico, leaving Joel with injuries to the shoulder, while Halyna was shot in the stomach.

Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun that killed a woman and injured a man nearby. But how can a prop gun be so dangerous?On Thursday October 21st, Alec Baldwin was involved in an incident where a prop reportedly gun misfired with blanks.

 A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western — including the gun that killed Hutchins — to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said. The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a “cold gun,” meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in

an Instagram post Friday.Ensler — who has directed episodes of “Scrubs,” “The West Wing,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “The Newsroom” — said film is “trickery anyway.”Ensler described the “series of protocols” meant to prevent tragedies like Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of “Rust.”“Once a gun is on set, the director, AD, actors, prop person plus an armorer (if the prop person isn’t a licensed armorer) gather for a safety meeting and gun check.

The fatal accident that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins also sent Joel Souza to the hospital. While on the set of Rust in New Mexico, actor Alec Baldwin accidentally misfired a prop gun on Thursday (Oct.

Filmmaker Joel Souza was one of two people caught in the crossfire of a prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin on the set of the outlaw movie Rust.

he was injured by a prop gun that Alec Baldwin discharged on the film's New Mexico set, according to one of the film's stars, Frances Fisher.«Joel Souza texted me that he’s out of hospital,» Fisher tweeted of the director, who was transported by ambulance to Christus St.

Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the set of his film on Thursday, accidentally shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the film's director, Joel Souza, the Sante Fe Sheriff’s Department confirmed to ET.Hutchins, 42, was transported by helicopter to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, according to authorities.