Whit Flint, formerly known as Whit Hertford, has been active in the film industry for nearly four decades, with his earliest credits dating back to the iconic Steven Spielberg film, Jurassic Park. Throughout his career, he has appeared in a variety of projects, including Raising Hope, Glee, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and The Perfect 46, which earned him a Best Actor award at the 2014 Filmquest. Additionally, he has been involved in several short films, including Wildlife, which premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Whit's educational background is equally impressive, with an MFA in theatre directing from the University of Essex's East 15 in the UK, as well as studies at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. During his time in graduate school, he co-founded Riot Act in 2015, a theatre company that quickly established itself in the London fringe theatre scene with a focus on adapting classic works and new writing in the style of avant-garde realism and abstract surrealism.
As a director, Whit has been involved with several notable productions, including all of Riot Act's productions for the first decade of operation, culminating in nineteen plays. He has also worked as an Associate Director at Theatre N16 in South London and The Courtyard Theatre, and has been a member of the Young Vic Directors Programme. Furthermore, he was an invitee director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, a prestigious theatre company based in the Netherlands.
In addition to his work as a director, Whit has also had a successful career as an actor, with credits including Gross Old Man, Blindness and Periphery of Sight, The Aliens, Three Sisters, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Anatomy of Arithmetic, True West, A Midsummer Night's Dream, From Morn to Midnight, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, and A Lie of the Mind.
Whit's educational background includes a BFA from the prestigious Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. In addition to his work in the arts, he is also an abstract painter and can be found on Instagram under the handle @whitflint.
