About The Filmmaker
Christian Hidalgo, producer and director of the documentary and lifelong resident of Rutherford County, notes, “Being a business owner in Rutherford County provides a great perspective to the countys’ importance, but I was still amazed at how interesting the history of our county really is.
This documentary is something that every Rutherford County resident needs to see so that they will develop a deeper appreciation for our county.”
Christian decided to produce this multi-award winning, 4-hour documentary to celebrate the countys’ 200th anniversary. The production took almost 2 years and over 1200 man hours to produce, but the wait was well worth it because now Rutherford County has a rock-solid, historic video presentation to help preserve it’s rich history for future generations.
More about Christian Hidalgo
Christian Hidalgo, award-winning filmmaker, is the director and producer of this film. Christian has filmed projects in England, China, Israel, Liberia, Haiti, throughout the Southwest and all over the eastern U.S.. Christian's projects include television commercials, historic documentaries, educational films, corporate films and faith-based awareness and support films.
Having received his visual communications training at the Art Institute of Atlanta and his fine arts education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Christian is a diverse, creative professional. A thorough understanding of effective story-telling is essential in every aspect of Christian's creative talents — whether through graphic design, filmmaking or web-based multimedia.
Christian left the corporate world in 1994 to begin his own agency in Nashville, TN. Surrounded by the music and publishing industries, Christian found ample opportunity as a creative. As his client base and portfolio grew he began receiving more requests for producing video projects. First television commercials then corporate films and then documentaries. Documentaries became his focus as they satisfied his love of history (history minor in college) and creative story-telling. Christian's breakthrough documentary, "William Tyndale", was co-produced with Dr. William H. Noah, a middle Tennessee physician and Biblical antiquities expert. Tyndale was shot in England, Israel and Tennessee.
"William Tyndale: His Life, His Legacy", received a Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest and a Finalist for Best Film at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. Other films and awards would follow. "Journey Thru Creation" won the Best of Category at the San Antonia Independent Christian Film Festival and "Rutherford County: 200 Years of Our History" would capture a Silver Telly and two silvers at Worldfest.
With 20+ documentaries and corporate films and countless television commercials under his belt, Christian parlayed his expertise into a teaching role for the past several years at Summit Ministries summer world view camps at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee. Christian teaches the Intro to Filmmaking and Technology major alongside of renowned instructors such as Deborah Davis Brezina and Dr. Kurt Wise.
Having filmed at the Great Wall and the Western Wall and several points in between, Christian Hidalgo considers himself very fortunate to be able to earn a living doing something he truly loves. His greatest reward is when someone sends a email stating how much one of his films means to them.
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Additional works include video(s) for:
- William Tyndale: His Life, His Legacy
- Rutherford County: 200 Years of Our History
- Dead Sea Scrolls: The Greatest Archaeological Discovery
- Uncle Dave Macon Days: A Tribute to Old Time Music and Dance
- Liberian Ministries
- Ink and Blood: Virtual Museum Tour
- The 278th: Macon's Citizen Soldiers
- Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book
- SJR 127
- Trevitt Hall
- Country Gourmet
- Smyrna Airport Promotional
- Good Shepherd Children's Home
- Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra
- Barrett Firearms
- Patriot Channel
- Toots Restaurants
- The Murfreesboro Post
- Ole South Properties
- Demos Restaurants
- First Bank of Murfreesboro
- Puckett Station
- Vista Inns
- Allen's Air Care
- Cavalry Banking
- Legends Steakhouse
- AGRSS Auto Glass Safety
- US Display Group
- Communicators For Christ
- Stones River Country Club
- Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce: Tourism Development
- Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce: Economic Development
- Books from Birth
- DaVinci Code: Breaking the Code
- Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce: 75th Anniversary
- Tommy Cash: Why Do the Heathen Rage
- Generation Joshua (HSLDA)
- Bedford County EMS
- Joe Carr Campaign
- Charlotte Liebrock Campaign
- Ken Takasaki Campaign
- The Tedder Company
- Toby Gilley Campaign
- Glass America
