Directing

Corey Hughes

Born 1992-02-17

Corey Hughes is a Baltimore-based filmmaker working across narrative, documentary, and experimental forms. His work has premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance, SXSW, New York Film Festival, CPH:DOX, and Locarno Film Festival, where he was awarded the Pardi di Domani Special Jury Prize for the short film "Armageddon 2." As a cinematographer, his credits include Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s "Crestone" (2020) and Theo Anthony’s "All Light, Everywhere" (2021) which was awarded the Sundance Jury Award for Nonfiction Experimentation and a CinemaEye Honor Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Armageddon 2 poster
NR

The internet in Cuba is very slow. Movies, television, and information are exchanged through a black market system of media distribution via external hard drives known as el paquete semanal.

Armageddon 2

2017

Armageddon 2 poster
NR

The internet in Cuba is very slow. Movies, television, and information are exchanged through a black market system of media distribution via external hard drives known as el paquete semanal.

Armageddon 2

2017

Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world... poster
NR

To describe the world is to create another. A disembodied narrator recounts the life and death of Pliny the Elder, author of the first encyclopedia. Excerpts from Pliny’s "Naturalis Historia," echo between past and present, real and virtual, tracing the evolution of knowledge from written encyclopedias to modern AI algorithms.

Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world...

2025

MyToeShoes.Com poster
NR

A Florida man records an unboxing video for his YouTube channel.

MyToeShoes.Com

My First Film - Behind the Scenes poster
7.0

Behind the scenes of MY FIRST FILM, Zia Anger’s meta-fiction debut, with in-depth interviews and never-before-seen footage. In this exclusive featurette, director Zia Anger, cinematographer Ashley Connor, and lead actress Odessa Young reflect on the tumultuous journey of making MY FIRST FILM, from the chaotic original production to its rebirth in this new adaptation. Discover the creative challenges, personal insights, and untold stories that shaped this groundbreaking film.

My First Film - Behind the Scenes

2024

Ouchiemongo poster
NR

A slapstick comedy in super slow motion. An unnamed tourist with a leg injury searches for physical and spiritual healing on a week long Carnival cruise vacation from Baltimore to the Bahamas.

Ouchiemongo

2015

My Expanded View poster
NR

A YouTube yoga tutorial. A collapsed body. An expanded view.

My Expanded View

2018

Crestone poster
5.3

In the desert of Crestone, Colorado, a group of SoundCloud rappers live in solitude, growing weed and making music for the internet. When an old friend arrives to make a movie, reality and fiction begin to blur.

Crestone

2020

200 Nam Nam poster
NR

Experimental remake of the 1999 Robin Williams feature film comedy “Bicentennial Man”, starring Marcelline as “Nam Nam,” a robot who wanders the earth for 200 years trying to become human so they can die.

200 Nam Nam

2017

Your Final Meditation poster
NR

A girl enters a guided simulation to ease her growing anxiety. In psychedelic sequences combining scripted scenes, found footage, and AI-generated imagery, Your Final Meditation considers virtual space as a site for technological transcendence.

Your Final Meditation

2024

Your Final Meditation poster
NR

A girl enters a guided simulation to ease her growing anxiety. In psychedelic sequences combining scripted scenes, found footage, and AI-generated imagery, Your Final Meditation considers virtual space as a site for technological transcendence.

Your Final Meditation

2024