[1] A grant recipient from National Endowment for the Arts,[2] he grew up in Decatur, Illinois[3] and attended Eisenhower High School.

[6] His film Expect A Miracle depicts San Diego's handle on AIDS in the 1980s, a time where sexual orientation towards the same gender was confined.

[7] Hammond was a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con and compared being selected to screen his film Kathy there as exciting as having an Emmy nomination.

[10][11] Hammond and Jodi Cilley talked about the challenges faced when recruiting talent when turning true local stories into films.

The film stars Samantha Ginn, Cristyn Chandler, Suzana Norberg, Frank DiPalermo and Jared Sarvis.