Allen Hughes

Natives of industrial Detroit, born in the same year, black twins Albert and Allen Hughes quite early joined the world of cinema - their first films the brothers tried to shoot when they were only 12 years old. Formally, the brothers began to acquire their first serious skills in high school, where Allen attended a television class. They soon made a short film, What It's Like to Be a Robber, about the criminal life of black neighborhoods, which first drew attention to them. Their next work, Obscene more

Natives of industrial Detroit, born in the same year, black twins Albert and Allen Hughes quite early joined the world of cinema - their first films the brothers tried to shoot when they were only 12 years old. Formally, the brothers began to acquire their first serious skills in high school, where Allen attended a television class. They soon made a short film, What It's Like to Be a Robber, about the criminal life of black neighborhoods, which first drew attention to them. Their next work, Obscene Video, was broadcast on cable television, making their work accessible to a wider audience. After high school, Albert attended film school in Los Angeles. These two shorts established the Hughes brothers’ reputation as innovating filmmakers who readily tackled tough themes and allowed them to make their first feature film, Threat to Society (1993), which continued the theme of violence in modern society. The brothers' new film, Dead Presidents (1995), was the biggest achievement of their careers. The script is based on the story of black Vietnam veterans who planned to rob a bank van, for whom money is the only way to escape the hopelessness of life. Released four years later, The American Pimp was also about crime America, but this time the focus was on street prostitutes and pimps. Unexpectedly for everyone in 2001, Allen and Albert made their only non-black film - a detective thriller From Hell, based on the story of the famous London killer Jack the Ripper. To work on this film, the brothers attracted a whole constellation of famous actors such as Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane and others.