Katherine Hughes

Katherine Hughes

Born: April 6, 1995
in New York, New York, U.S.A.
Katherine Hughes is a writer, director, and actor from New York currently based in Los Angeles. She has spent the last decade working on sets as an actress while learning vital lessons from a long list of filmmakers who have served as mentors and inspired her own work behind the camera. Her first short Yellow Belt Fury was featured on Short of the Week in late 2021 and has led to many exciting opportunities as an emerging director including securing financing for upcoming projects, writing assignments with major studios, and a development deal for her first feature. Katherine is currently studying gender and film at UCLA. Katherine is greatly influenced by the rhythmic energy and world-building of Edgar Wright along with the dark comedy and feminine gore from writers like Diablo Cody. She is dedicated to achieving her goal of directing high-concept film and episodic television in addition to collaborating with established brands and artists.

Movies for Katherine Hughes...

The Resurrection of Charles Manson
Title: The Resurrection of Charles Manson
Character: Tianna Williams
Released: March 16, 2023
Type: Movie
While a couple creates an audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality as they find themselves intertwined in an occult leader's sinister plot.
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Title: Echo 3
Character: Reese Keller
Released: November 22, 2022
Type: TV
When brilliant scientist Amber Chesborough vanishes along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother and her husband—both elite U.S. Army commandos—struggle to find her amid a guerilla war, discovering that the woman they love might have a secret.
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Academy
Title: Academy
Character: 66 - Brenna
Released: August 22, 2022
Type: Movie
27. 12. 32. 9. 66. 4. These are numbers. These are names. Six students prepare for graduation from a new kind of training facility. All that remains is one final lesson.
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Tangled
Title: Tangled
Character: Katherine Brooks
Released: February 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Katherine refuses to fall for playboy Drew Evan's tactical skills to seduce her, making him desire her more.
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Staff Pick
Title: Staff Pick
Released: February 16, 2021
Type: Movie
A strange satirical look into a male filmmaker's creation. And the repercussions of his narcissistic behaviors that span across four realities.
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Title: Perfect Commando
Character: Rachel
Released: February 13, 2020
Type: TV
Van Hamilton’s first ever trip to his mother’s homeland, Finland, takes a wrong turn as soon as he gets off the plane. The 23-year-old rich kid from California was supposed to have a five-star holiday with his girlfriend Rachel. Instead, he is handcuffed and sent to faraway army barracks to be trained as a commando. Van soon realises that this is not a mistake: he has fallen into a trap set by his parents, who hope that serving in a foreign army will finally turn their loved but spoiled son into a responsible man. Meanwhile, Rachel has to learn to survive in Helsinki without money or a return ticket. She becomes friends with Van’s cousin and his underground rap trio in hopes that familiarizing herself with the customs of the “Nordic white trash” will send her academic career in sociology skyrocketing.
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Ambition
Title: Ambition
Character: Jude
Released: September 20, 2019
Type: Movie
A young aspiring musician preparing for a competition, is incredibly confidant and gets herself involved in a frightening trap that she has to find her way out of. It raises the question: If an insane person is telling a story, is it real?
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Title: My Dead Ex
Character: Charley
Released: March 20, 2018
Type: TV
A classic, will-they-won't they romance story. Charley is living your typical teenage girl’s life. Ben, Charley’s not so secret admirer, isn’t living at all. But a little thing like death can’t stop these two teens from falling in love. Or maybe it can.
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Monsoon
Title: Monsoon
Character: Sarah
Released: November 4, 2017
Type: Movie
In the hot desert monsoon season of Arizona, two best friends have trouble letting go of each other after a tragedy rips them apart.
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Say You Will
Title: Say You Will
Character: Ellie Vaughn
Released: September 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A recent high school graduate cares for his mother and navigates his first relationship in the wake of his father's suicide.
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September Morning
Title: September Morning
Character: Lynz
Released: September 8, 2017
Type: Movie
When the world was falling apart, they came together. In the first dark hours of September 12th, 2001, five college freshmen stay up all night in a dorm room confronting the promises of youth that have been severed by national tragedy.
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Dirty 30
Title: Dirty 30
Character: Kinsey
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
On the eve of a Kate's 30th birthday, she agrees to let her two lifelong friends, Evie and Charlie, throw her a party. But what's supposed to be a simple celebration becomes a wild who's who of past and present, and things quickly spiral out of control.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Character: Madison
Released: June 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.
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Men, Women & Children
Title: Men, Women & Children
Character: Brooke Benton
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
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Title: Kingdom
Character: Kayla
Released: October 8, 2014
Type: TV
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym.
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Surviving Family
Title: Surviving Family
Character: Lily Fulton
Released: August 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Terry hasn't seen or spoken with her family in 2 years. When she shows up unannounced on her father's doorstep - with her fiancé and a plan to get married in 5 days - she learns that she's not the only one with secrets.
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Title: The Goldbergs
Character: Jean Jacobs
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.
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Roadie
Title: Roadie
Character: Young Nikki
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Tina
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.