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Albert Hughes Biography (1972-)

Born April 1, 1972, in Detroit, MI; raised in Pomona, CA and Claremont, CA; son of Aida Hughes (a businesswoman); twin brother of Allen Hughes (Albert's cowriter, codirector, and coproducer). Addresses: Office: Underworld Entertainment, 13299 Palisades Beach Rd., Santa Monica, CA, 90401.; Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: TheFirm, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 212, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Polaris PR, 8135 West Fourth St., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

April 1, 1972

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• (With brother Allen; as The Hughes Brothers) Director and producer, Menace II Society, New Line Cinema, 1993
• (With brother Allen) Director and producer, Dead Presidents, BuenaVista, 1995
• (With brother Allen) Director, producer, and cinematographer, AmericanPimp (documentary), 1999
• Executive producer, Scratch, Warner Bros., 2001
• (With brother Allen; as The Hughes Brothers) Director and executive producer, From Hell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• (With brother Allen) Director, Here to Stay, 2002
• Film Appearances
• Himself, Mackin' Ain't Easy, New Line Home Video, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Himself, A View from Hell, 2001
• Episodic
• Appeared in Independent Focus, Independent Film Channel.
• RECORDINGS
• Music Videos; Director; with brother Allen
• Marvin Gaye, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," 1994
• Korn, "Thoughtless," 2002
• Also directed (with brother Allen) videos for such bands as Digital Underground, Tone-Loc, Tupac Shakur, KRS-One, Too $hort, and Yo Yo, and Korn's "Here to Stay."
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• with brother Allen
• Menace II Society, New Line Cinema, 1993
• Dead Presidents, Buena Vista, 1995
• American Pimp, Seventh Art Releasing, 2000
• SIDELIGHTS
• While working with brother Allen on movies, Albert is usually in charge of technical matters such as cameras and lighting.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 7, Gale Research, 1994

Periodicals

• Billboard, October 16, 1993, p. 10; July 9, 1994, p. 37; April 20,1996, p. 8
• Entertainment Weekly, June 4, 1993, p. 36; January 13, 1995, p. 14
• Jet, August 16, 1993, p. 63; October 30, 1995, p. 60
• Los Angeles Magazine, October, 2001, p. 23
• Los Angeles Times, October 1, 1995
• SHOOT, June 19, 1994, p. 14
• U.S. News and World Report, December 25, 1995, p. 91-92