CLAUDIO HUGHES, Filmmaker, France

After living in Uruguay and Brazil, Claudio settled down in France where he has been editing and consulting for twenty-five years. He has worked extensively in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Slovakia, England and the Netherlands as well.

Claudio has been a tutor at IDFA summer school, Cairo film festival, Dok Incubator, Docs Incheon Korea, Docs by the Sea Indonesia and Berlin Talent Campus.

His work was selected in Cannes, Locarno, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin and IDFA with two opening films: ‘A Family Affair’ (2015) and ‘Stranded’ (2008) that won the Joris Ivens prize for Best Documentary. He is also a member or Rough Cut Service.

Apart from French he also speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.