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Allen Hughes


Albert and Allen Hughes began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice. Their next work, Uncensored videos, was broadcast on cable... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (8 titles)
2013 Broken City (producer) (post-production)
 
2004 Touching Evil (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
Mercy (2004) (executive producer - uncredited)
Grief (2004) (executive producer - uncredited)
Entropy (2004) (executive producer - uncredited)
Boston (2004) (executive producer - uncredited)
Attachment (2004) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
2004 Touching Evil (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 From Hell (executive producer)
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1999 American Pimp (documentary) (producer)
 
1995 Dead Presidents (producer - uncredited)
 
1993 Menace II Society (co-producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (11 titles)
2010 The Book of Eli (uncredited)
 
2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Allen Hughes")
 
2005 Knights of the South Bronx (TV movie)
 
2004 Touching Evil (TV series)
Mercy (2004)
Justine (2004)
Pilot (2004)
 
2004 Touching Evil (TV movie)
 
2001 From Hell (as The Hughes Brothers)
 
1999 American Pimp (documentary)
 
1995 Dead Presidents (as The Hughes Brothers)
 
1993 Menace II Society (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1995 Dead Presidents (story)
 
1993 Menace II Society (story)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1999 American Pimp (documentary) (sound)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (video documentary short) (special thanks - as Allan Hughes)
 
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (special thanks - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
2011 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Starting Over (video short)
Himself
 
2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 January 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.14 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Gangsta Vision: Making 'Menace II Society' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2004 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Mackin' Ain't Easy (video short)
Himself
 
2001 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
A View from Hell (2001) … Himself
 
2001 A View from Hell (TV documentary short)
Himself (Producer/Director)
 
2000 And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Brenda's Got a Baby")
 
1995 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 12 October 1995 (1995) … Himself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2003 Tupac: Resurrection (documentary)
Himself
 

Related Videos

New York, I Love You -- New York, I Love You Trailer - A collaboration of storytelling from some of today's most imaginative filmmakers and creative actors who together create a kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that pump the city's heartbeat. Menace II Society -- A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life. From Hell -- In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed Nike TV commercial "Roswell Rayguns" (2002). See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Hughes Brothers | Allan Hughes
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I think all filmmakers below the age of 45 should be banned from doing Criterion [special edition discs] and audio commentary. See more »

Trivia:

Twin brother of Albert Hughes. See more »

Star Sign:

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