Allen Hughes

Albert and 'Allen Hughes' (qv) began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice. Their next work, Uncensored videos, was broadcast on cable, introducing them to a wider audience. After high school Albert began taking classes at LACC Film School: two shorts established the twins' reputation as innovative filmmakers and allowed them to direct _Menace II Society (1993)_ (qv), which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and grossed nearly 10 times as much as its $3 million budget. After following up with _Dead Presidents (1995)_ (qv) they directed the feature-length documentary _American Pimp (1999)_ (qv).::alberto.farina@iol.it