
Katherine Hughes
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.
21 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 21

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Goldbergs
2013

Kingdom
2014

Echo 3
2022

Men, Women & Children
2014

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015

My Dead Ex
2018

Perfect Commando
2020

Roadie
2012

Tangled
2022

The Resurrection of Charles Manson
2023

Dirty 30
2016

Say You Will
2017

The Dead Thing
2025

Ambition
2019

Surviving Family
2014

Monsoon
2017

Academy
2022
The Crawling
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September Morning
2017

Staff Pick
2021



