2023Nominee
Best Performance
The Sweet East
Corey Hughes
Actor · Director · Writer
February 17, 1992
Biography
Corey Hughes is a Baltimore-based filmmaker working across narrative, documentary, and experimental forms. His work has premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance, SXSW, New York Film Festival, CPH:DOX, and Locarno Film Festival, where he was awarded the Pardi di Domani Special Jury Prize for the short film "Armageddon 2." As a cinematographer, his credits include Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s "Crestone" (2020) and Theo Anthony’s "All Light, Everywhere" (2021) which was awarded the Sundance Jury Award for Nonfiction Experimentation and a CinemaEye Honor Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2017Nominee
Best Director
Armageddon 2
2012Nominee
Best Performance
Money Shot
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Director
My First Film - Behind the Scenes
2019Highlight
Best Performance
Tux and Fanny
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The Sweet East
Tux and Fanny
All Light, Everywhere