H. Scott Hughes

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H. Scott Hughes
Born (1971-05-09) May 9, 1971 (age 51)
Brenham, Texas, USA
Occupationwriter, film director, producer, composer, singer, actor
AwardsAudience Favorite Drama, Route 66 Film Festival
Website http://hscotthughes.food-for-the-gods.com

H. Scott Hughes is a Texas-born writer and filmmaker, as well as singer/songwriter, and film/stage composer.

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Career

Hughes is a graduate of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi and the Vancouver Film School. [1] [2] He is the co-writer/director of the 2007 short sci-fi romance Food for the Gods which premiered on Canada's Shaw Multicultural Channel, [3] as well as screening at the Vancouver International Film Centre, the New Asia Film Festival [4] [5] in Richmond, BC, the Route 66 Film Festival [6] in Springfield, Illinois, and the 12th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival. [7] As a producer, Hughes developed the short documentary, Duty, which was nominated Best Educational Documentary at the Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival in Houston, and won the Honorable Mention Documentary nod. As a screenwriter, Hughes shared with director Zhou "Joe" Fang the Audience Favorite Drama Award for the short paranormal thriller Crazy Old Woman, at the Route 66 Film Festival—a double billing with Food for the Gods .

Source: [8] [9] [10]

In 2009, Hughes co-wrote the short comedy whodunit, Murder at the Orient Street Express, co-produced by the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, which premiered at MAMM Fest 2009. [11] In 2010, Hughes shot two back to back short sequels to Food for the Gods, titled Megami: Legacy for the Gods and Megami: Search for the Gods , [12] (a project referred to in previous press as Food for the Gods II: Aftermath [13] [14] ). The producers refer to the two shorts as "teasers" for a possible larger project down the road, possibly a TV pilot and/or series based on the property. The sequels will be released by early 2011, the precise date currently unspecified. [15]

Hughes is also attached to a Canadian pilot project called Timekeeper: The Passage as a writer and director, the story based on a novel by Stephen McKinnon. [16] [17] [18] [19]

For two decades, Hughes has also performed as one half of the established Texas Brazos Valley vocal duo Brandie&Scott. [20] [21] [22] He composed and performed the score for Duty [23] and co-composed (with Yvette Lu) the classical Asian-style score to Food for the Gods , which featured erhu player Xu Qian, and singers Yvette Lu and Beverly Wu, engineered by Doug Woods. [24]

Filmography

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Stage

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Discography

Food for the Gods: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Brandie&Scott singles:

Source: [28] [29]

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References

  1. ↑ ""Food for the Gods" VFS Blog, Thurs. May 19, 2008". Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ ""More Food for the Gods" VFS Blog, Weds, Nov. 5, 2008". Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ TV schedule for Asian Heritage Month on Shaw Multicultural Channel (from ExplorASIAN.org) Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ World Journal (Chinese language), Sunday, May 25, 2008
  5. ↑ FFTG at the New Asia Film Festival Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Dusty Rhodes "Route 66 Flix" The Illinois Times, Sept. 11, 2008
  7. ↑ FFTG at Vancouver Asian Film Festival
  8. ↑ The Illinois Times, September 11, 2008
  9. ↑ The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois, September 18, 2008
  10. ↑ Filmmaker Bios, Route 66 Film Festival
  11. ↑ Murder at the Orient Street Express at IMDb
  12. ↑ MEGAMI Official Site
  13. ↑ Mona Mattai "Sci Fi Drama Unfolds in Grand Forks" Boundary Weekender, Fri. Sept 4 09 Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ FFTG2 becomes "Megami: Legacy for the Gods" Archived March 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ Mattei, Mona "Independent Filmmakers Invade the Boundary" The Boundary Sentinel, Grand Forks, BC, Canada, September 2, 2010
  16. ↑ "Canada East Films (projects)". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  17. ↑ "H. Scott Hughes Homepage". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  18. ↑ A1 Books
  19. ↑ Stephen McKinnon "Timekeeper" Amazon.com
  20. ↑ Brandie&Scott on mp3.com [ permanent dead link ]
  21. ↑ Brandie&Scott Official Site (archived)
  22. ↑ "Singer/Songwriter Directory". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Duty" Full Cast and Credits – IMDb
  24. ↑ FFTG Full Cast and Crew – IMDb
  25. ↑ H. Scott Hughes at IMDb
  26. ↑ IMDb resume
  27. ↑ IMDb resume
  28. ↑ Brandie&Scott on mp3.com [ permanent dead link ]
  29. ↑ Brandie&Scott Official Site (archived)
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