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Griffin Hammond is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, brand rep, and all around bad ass. He is primarily a documentary filmmaker in New York City, known for producing DIY filmmaking tutorials for indie filmmakers, and his award-winning documentary Sriracha.

Early life
Griffin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia, United States, on July 14, 1984.

Film-making Career
He is a documentary filmmaker who offers DIY advice to aspiring filmmakers on his eponymous YouTube channel, which currently has more than 60,000 subscribers. He released his award-winning documentary Sriracha in 2013.

Indy Mogul
Griffin Hammond and Russell Hasenauer Started Indy Mogul on April 16, 2007 as a way to help low budget but passionate indie filmmakers get their stories told. After the show ran for many years, the parent company Next New Networks canceled the show on December 16, 2013. It started back up on May 27, 2016 and is currently putting out new episodes.

Sriracha
An example of his documentary-style work, Sriracha was released in 2013 and has been called ”gorgeously shot” by the San Francisco Chronicle, and won Best Short Film at the NYC Food Film Festival.

GH5 Promotional Video 'HAND-CUT'
Griffin was selected by Panasonic to be a brand ambassador for their new flag ship micro 4/3 camera the GH5 because of his enthusiasm and historical use of Panasonic's GH series of cameras. To show what the camera can do, he shot a short documentary about the interesting uses of ice around New York City.

Hey Indie Filmmakers
On December 28, 2016, Griffin and Nick Bodmer started making podcasts talking about what is going on in their lives and answering fan questions.

Bloomberg News
In 2014, Griffin moved from Bloomington, Illinois to New York City to cover the U.S. presidential election for the Bloomberg Television/MSNBC show With All Due Respect.