
Acting
Katherine Hughes
Born 1995-04-06 · 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.
Acting credits
7.5Greg 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.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
6.5Follows 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.
Men, Women & Children
2014
A disgraced cop and his therapist wife escape to a remote cabin to repair their fractured lives, though their search for peace unravels into paranoia and terror when an unspeakable force begins to tear them apart.
The Crawling
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6.2A recent high school graduate cares for his mother and navigates his first relationship in the wake of his father's suicide.
Say You Will
2017
NRA strange satirical look into a male filmmaker's creation. And the repercussions of his narcissistic behaviors that span across four realities.
Staff Pick
2021
5.8On 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.
Dirty 30
2016
4.2While 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.
The Resurrection of Charles Manson
2023
5.0A 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?
Ambition
2019
5.6A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession.
The Dead Thing
2025
5.8After 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.
Roadie
2012
6.7Katherine refuses to fall for playboy Drew Evan's tactical skills to seduce her, making him desire her more.
Tangled
2022
4.4Terry 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.
Surviving Family
2014
6.0In the hot desert monsoon season of Arizona, two best friends have trouble letting go of each other after a tragedy rips them apart.
Monsoon
2017
7.027. 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.
Academy
2022
NRWhen 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.
September Morning
2017
Behind the camera
8.0A Happy Mart employee is swept up in a late night street fight only to find the mysterious woman is looking for a partner in crime.
Happy Mart
2023
8.0A Happy Mart employee is swept up in a late night street fight only to find the mysterious woman is looking for a partner in crime.
Happy Mart
2023
8.0A Happy Mart employee is swept up in a late night street fight only to find the mysterious woman is looking for a partner in crime.
Happy Mart
2023
6.0A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.
Jo
2022
6.0A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.
Jo
2022
6.0After Sofia's husband is brutally murdered during a teresterrial invasion, she asks her local sensei to train her in the art of self-defense.
Yellow Belt Fury
2021
6.0After Sofia's husband is brutally murdered during a teresterrial invasion, she asks her local sensei to train her in the art of self-defense.
Yellow Belt Fury
2021
NRAs the sun descends to swallow the earth whole, Phoebe has finished her 'end of world to do list' early. With no plans to watch the Solar Boom, the stillness forces Phoebe to face herself for the first time. In her final moments, an unsuspecting friend gives her a dance to take into oblivion.
Solar Boom
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NRAs the sun descends to swallow the earth whole, Phoebe has finished her 'end of world to do list' early. With no plans to watch the Solar Boom, the stillness forces Phoebe to face herself for the first time. In her final moments, an unsuspecting friend gives her a dance to take into oblivion.
Solar Boom
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