The film features extensive interviews with Hunter, as well as contemporaries and associates, including John Waters, Clint Eastwood, Debbie Reynolds, and more.

Following Hunter's participation in Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary I Am Divine[2] (about Baltimore drag queen Divine, with whom Hunter had appeared in several motion pictures), producer Allan Glaser approached Schwarz about the potential of adapting the Confidential book into a feature-length documentary.

Filming began in 2011 conducting a series of new interviews with Hunter and associates in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Santa Barbara, as well as culling archival footage of figures from Hollywood's past discussing the star.

Tab Hunter Confidential premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2015,[3] and played over 100 film festivals and independent screenings.

[12] In January 2016, Tab Hunter Confidential was nominated for "Outstanding Documentary" at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards.