Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born April 1, 1972), known together
professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors and
producers. The pair, who are twins, are known for co-directing
visceral, and often violent, movies, including Menace II Society, Dead
Presidents, From Hell and The Book of Eli. The pair did most of their
collaboration between 1993 and 2001. Since 2004, when Albert moved to
Prague, Czech Republic, the two have only directed one film together,
The Book of Eli in 2010. They have been involved in directing and
producing film and television projects separately since 2005.The
Hughes brothers were born in Detroit, Michigan to an African American
father, Albert Hughes, and an Armenian American mother, Aida, whose
family were Iranian Armenians from Tehran. Albert is the older of the
twins by nine minutes; although they originally believed themselves to
be fraternal twins, they suspect they may be identical despite not
having had a DNA test. Their parents divorced when they were two. The
twins moved with their mother to Pomona, California, east of Los
Angeles, when they were nine. Their mother raised Albert and Allen
alone while putting herself through school and starting her own
business, a vocational center. Supportive of her sons' ambitions as
filmmakers, she gave them a video camera when they were 12. The boys
spent their free time making short films. When a teacher suggested
that they make a "How To" film for an assignment, they complied with a
short film entitled "How to Be a Burglar."After Allen had a son at the
age of 18, the twins dropped out of high school and soon began working
on music videos as teenagers, directing for artists like Tone Loc and
Tupac Shakur. Their first feature film, 1993's Menace II Society
premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Centering on black,
disenfranchised youth, it was made on a budget of $3.5 million when
they were 20 years old. Tyger Williams wrote the screenplay, and
shared story credit with the brothers. It became a critical as well as
a box office success and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award
for Best First Feature. Because of their previous experience in
directing music videos, they became the first sibling duo since Jerry
and David Zucker allowed a waiver by the Directors Guild of America to
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