Writing

David Hughes

Born — Died

1930-07-27 — 2005-04-11

Place of birth

Alton, Hampshire, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Doctor Glas poster
6.4

Doctor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality.

Doctor Glas

1968

The Girls poster
6.0

As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

The Girls

1968

Night Games poster
5.5

A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.

Night Games

1966

Visions of Eight poster
7.1

Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and their struggle to remain dignified even in the face of bitter disappointment and defeat; Zetterling's dramatic exploration of the world of weightlifting; and Pfleghar's piece on young Russian gymnast Ludmilla Tourischev's majestic performance on the uneven bars.

Visions of Eight

1973

Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress poster
7.5

An intimate portrait of director Mai Zetterling that includes interviews with Zetterling, David Hughes (Zetterling’s ex-husband and the cowriter of LOVING COUPLES, NIGHT GAMES, and THE GIRLS), and actors Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, and Bibi Andersson.

Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress

1989

Vincent the Dutchman poster
3.0

A long, brave reach for a portrait, not of an intimate, private love, but of an inspiration, an icon, a man only ever sketched obliquely however many times he painted himself.

Vincent the Dutchman

1972

Film credits

Behind the camera