Dustin Hodge

Dustin Hodge is an American television writer and producer. He is the founder of Hodge Productions, a Colorado media company. He is known for working on a variety of nonfiction content. His most notable works are as the showrunner for Little Britches Rodeo (TV series) and a producer for The Tight Rope podcast. His work primarily focuses on under-served and under-represented communities and issues: the convergence of cultural and ethnic borders on indigenous peoples, the sustainability and resilience of impoverished areas, and the struggles of first-generation students. Hodge was born in Stephenville, Texas and graduated high school from Dublin, Texas. Hodge graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University in Communications and has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College. Hodge is married to Donna Hodge, Ph.D. Hodge began his film career working on commercials, music videos, and short videos in Dallas, Texas. He later worked as a production assistant on series like Prison Break and as a camera operator on shows like Cheaters and an Eye for an Eye and feature films like Bollywood Beats. He was the cinematographer for the feature film Diwali. Later he worked as a producer on televised sports programming like Champs Boxing, Wrecking Ball Wrestling, and Art of War 3. He was a reoccurring morning guest and wrote content for KWTX-FM. Hodge has also worked as a photojournalist and documentarian across most of Western Europe. Later he worked for the CBS-affiliate KKTV, in Colorado Springs, CO as a news producer and journalist. He was part of the production team that covered the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado for 130 continuous hours. Hodge is the show-runner for the national television series Little Britches Rodeo and has written, produced, and directed 262 episodes. In addition, he was the show-runner for the series Little Britches on the Road, a spin-off series that ran for six seasons. Both series air in more than 52 million homes on RFD-TV, are syndicated in another 42 million homes on The Cowboy Channel, and syndicated in Canada on RFD-TV (Canadian TV channel).