they’re best known as a directing duo
with a preference for creating visceral
and violent films welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the career of the Hughes
brothers Albert and Allen Hughes are
fraternal twin brothers born nine
minutes apart on April 1st 1972 in
Detroit Michigan their parents divorced
when they were infants after which they
lived with their mother who supported
their film ambitions by giving them a
video camera when they were just 12
years old
the twins spent much of their youth
making short films together before
dropping out of high school to direct
music videos for artists such as Tupac
Shakur at only 20 years old
the brothers managed to produce their
first theatrical feature 1993’s menace
to society my father so dope and my
mother was a heroine
the film premiered at the Cannes Film
Festival and portrayed the lives of poor
african-american youths it became a
box-office success and received
overwhelming critical praise despite its
frequent scenes of violence profanity
and depictions of drug use in 1995 the
dual followed up with their film dead
presidents another equally powerful
depiction of black underclass society
the drama chronicled the journey of an
african-american boy from high school
graduate to neglected Vietnam veteran
who eventually found himself in the
slums forced to pursue a life of crime
playing factors that I promised the Lord
I would never sin like this 1999 saw the
Hughes twins direct the documentary
American pimp a look into the pimp
subculture of the United States the film
drew heavily on interviews with actual
pimps which were separated by clips from
several blaxploitation films in 2001
they made a departure from their usual
subject matter with from hell the film
was an adaptation of Alan Moore’s
fictional graphic novel focused on the
infamous murderer Jack the Ripper
it received much attention due to the
high-profile casting of Johnny death but
also for generating friction between the
brothers due to their vocal
disagreements which centred on the level
of on-screen violence to their further
dismay the novel’s author voiced his
disapproval
the film for having strayed too far from
his original creative work geniune ashes
what he’s taken at least one of her
organs the twins then decided to
separate their production duties on
future projects Albert would serve as
the executive producer while Alan would
retain the role of director for several
episodes of the American television
series touching evil and the 2005
made-for-tv feature Knights of the South
Bronx starring Ted Danson following a
nine-year absence from feature film
making the Hughes twins finally returned
to co-directing for the big screen with
the 2010 post-apocalyptic epic The Book
of Eli starring Denzel Washington the
film continued their traditional use of
extreme violence as it followed the
character of Eli on his journey to
protect a book that could redeem society
our only hope is in my hands
currently the Hughes twins are attached
to direct the biopic The Iceman which
chronicles the life of contract killer
richard kuklinski as well as the film
adaptation of the classic 1970s TV
series kung fu which starred the late
David Carradine
with a preference for creating visceral
and violent films welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the career of the Hughes
brothers Albert and Allen Hughes are
fraternal twin brothers born nine
minutes apart on April 1st 1972 in
Detroit Michigan their parents divorced
when they were infants after which they
lived with their mother who supported
their film ambitions by giving them a
video camera when they were just 12
years old
the twins spent much of their youth
making short films together before
dropping out of high school to direct
music videos for artists such as Tupac
Shakur at only 20 years old
the brothers managed to produce their
first theatrical feature 1993’s menace
to society my father so dope and my
mother was a heroine
the film premiered at the Cannes Film
Festival and portrayed the lives of poor
african-american youths it became a
box-office success and received
overwhelming critical praise despite its
frequent scenes of violence profanity
and depictions of drug use in 1995 the
dual followed up with their film dead
presidents another equally powerful
depiction of black underclass society
the drama chronicled the journey of an
african-american boy from high school
graduate to neglected Vietnam veteran
who eventually found himself in the
slums forced to pursue a life of crime
playing factors that I promised the Lord
I would never sin like this 1999 saw the
Hughes twins direct the documentary
American pimp a look into the pimp
subculture of the United States the film
drew heavily on interviews with actual
pimps which were separated by clips from
several blaxploitation films in 2001
they made a departure from their usual
subject matter with from hell the film
was an adaptation of Alan Moore’s
fictional graphic novel focused on the
infamous murderer Jack the Ripper
it received much attention due to the
high-profile casting of Johnny death but
also for generating friction between the
brothers due to their vocal
disagreements which centred on the level
of on-screen violence to their further
dismay the novel’s author voiced his
disapproval
the film for having strayed too far from
his original creative work geniune ashes
what he’s taken at least one of her
organs the twins then decided to
separate their production duties on
future projects Albert would serve as
the executive producer while Alan would
retain the role of director for several
episodes of the American television
series touching evil and the 2005
made-for-tv feature Knights of the South
Bronx starring Ted Danson following a
nine-year absence from feature film
making the Hughes twins finally returned
to co-directing for the big screen with
the 2010 post-apocalyptic epic The Book
of Eli starring Denzel Washington the
film continued their traditional use of
extreme violence as it followed the
character of Eli on his journey to
protect a book that could redeem society
our only hope is in my hands
currently the Hughes twins are attached
to direct the biopic The Iceman which
chronicles the life of contract killer
richard kuklinski as well as the film
adaptation of the classic 1970s TV
series kung fu which starred the late
David Carradine
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