Tyrel Hunt is a novelist, filmmaker, and Marketing Director from Queens, New York. After graduating as a Division One student-athlete, he has written, edited, and directed several award-winning films including his most recent feature "The Sound of Southside" (Based on his novel of the same name). Tyrel works as the Director of Marketing and Communications at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.

Tyrel is the Co-founder and CEO of Gritty Vibes Studios, a video production company that has worked with Nike, GQ, Esquire, Footlocker, NY Philharmonic, Resorts World NYC, and much more.

As a filmmaker, Tyrel's films have screened in theaters across the country and earned dozens of fellowships, grants and awards. As a novelist, Tyrel's book "The Sound of Southside" is currently taught at Baruch College's Black and Latino Studies Department.