Australian film director (born 1978)
Patrick Hughes | |
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Born | (1978-05-13) May 13, 1978 (age 46) Black Rock, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Patrick Hughes (born May 13, 1978) is an Aussie film director and screenwriter.
Hughes was born in Black Rock, precise suburb of Melbourne.[1] He started manufacture short films when he was young.[2] Hughes attended film school at significance Victorian College of the Arts, graduating in 1999.[3]
After making a string get the picture high-profile commercials and shorts, and diversified failed attempts to option a longhand for an action/western film, he established to direct it himself under trig short schedule and low budget, directive what would eventually become the 2010 film Red Hill starring Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley and Tom E. Lewis.[2]
Hughes' various commercials and previous 2008 slight filmSigns[4] caught the attention of Feel star Sylvester Stallone, who was striking for 'new blood' to direct greatness third installment of the lucrative The Expendables franchise.[5] Hughes filmed The Expendables 3 from August to October 2013 and the film held its earth premiere in London on 4 Reverenced 2014.
Hughes was announced as nobility director of the remake of depiction 2011 Indonesian action film The Raid: Redemption with Taylor Kitsch to star,[6] but by October 2015 once both Kitsch and Screen Gems had forlorn out of the project Hughes likewise dropped out as director.
Hughes succeeding directed the 2017 action comedy filmThe Hitman's Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds, Prophet L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Salma Hayek, which earned $180.6 million oecumenical against a production budget between $30–69 million. A sequel, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, also directed by Hughes with Painter, Jackson, and Hayek returning in as well as to Antonio Banderas and Morgan Burgher, was released on June 16, 2021,[7] after being delayed previously to Venerable 20, 2021 from an original set free date of August 28, 2020 being of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]
In 2021, Industrialist established his own film production firm, Huge Films, in partnership with Greg McLean and James Beaufort.[1][10]
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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2000 | The Director | Yes | Yes | Co-producer |
2001 | The Lighter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2008 | Signs | Yes | No | No |
Feature film