Will Hutchins

William Flynn Hutchins was born November 21, 2001, in Melbourne, Australia. His life has since been evenly split between the city and coast, where his grandparents helped to raise him by nature and sea. In 2007 he began his education at the local public school Armadale Primary. After completing year 5 in 2012, Will moved to Caulfield Grammar, where he repeated his studies from the former year before successfully graduating in the wain of 2014. Drawn to storytelling from a young age, Will made films on his fathers' 8mm tape recorder using action figures and spent his recesses creating horror plays he and his friends performed weekly to their class. Despite being fascinated by the arts and constantly drawing in his free time, Will originally had his heart set on becoming an Olympic Gymnast, competing in men's state Artistic Gymnastics competitions, represented by his local club The Wesley Lions. During this time, Will was involved in many school productions, giving his debut stage performance as The King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland Jr (2012), drawing his focus from acrobatics to acting. After six years at Wesley Lions and a year of conflicting commitment to interests, in 2015 Will parted from the sport to further pursue a future in the entertainment industry. Through his senior education, Will continued to develop his passion for the performing arts and began to play a variety of distinct and interesting characters, such as Sam in Lord of the Flies (2018) and Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (2019). It was after portraying Catherine Connolly in the Documentary Drama The Laramie Project (2019), that he was encouraged to pursue acting outside the school community. Will has since been an active emerging talent within the industry, appearing in Independent projects such as Rebecca Ann Bentleys' Kill Me, Heal Me (2021) (marking Wills Feature Film debut in the role of Nick) and Josh Shubs' VCA graduating Film, DM'd (2019) (a recognized and monthly finalist at the Changing Face International Film Festival). While navigating student films and gaining experience, Will was discovered by independent filmmaker, Lee Galea (director of Monster Pies (2013) and 3-time festival award-winning film, including 'Best Drama' and 'Best Musical', Filterphonic (2019) ) for his work on an experimental Short Film Late W' Sintch (2019), and was cast in the lead role of Adam in Galeas' debut T.V series Single, Out (2022). Beyond his work as an Actor, Wills interest in cinema led him to found his own independent production company, Novober Pictures. Sparks Underwater (2021) will mark the first film produced and distributed under the company, and is also Wills screenwriting and directorial debut on a budgeted Shot Film. Sparks Underwater was a year-long collaboration with actor Will Ward-Amber ('Call it Out' TVC) and ('Ollie and Eve' Tennis Australia).