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