Victoria Hughes

Victoria Hughes - Director/Writer - vic1823@aol.com

Vicki Hughes has been an independent documentary filmmaker for 10 years. She arrived at her chosen profession by a circuitous route. The daughter of a US diplomat, she spent her childhood and adolescence living all over the world. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a degree in English and Religious Studies she took a year off from graduate school and went to teach at a Scottish high school in Tel Aviv, Israel. The year turned into four years. Throughout her childhood and early adulthood, Vicki had been a keen student of natural history and as well as observing various cultures and religions in the middle east, she continued to nurture that interest and spent countless hours watching wildlife; she returned to the US in 1985 determined to combine her love of writing and fascination with wildlife, cultures and religions into a creative and beneficial way of life. After teaching in the Washington, DC area for a couple of years, she took a job in the film library at National Geographic… here, cataloguing footage and defining animal species and behavior she learned about filmmaking and found an ideal way of combining her interests and training. While still working and learning in the library, she researched, wrote and directed films for the Educational Films division of the Society, and made her first independent film. In 1996 she left National Geographic to become a full time independent filmmaker. In the past 8 years she has produced, written and directed over 50 hours of broadcast programming for the Discovery Channel, BBC, PBS, National Geographic, and GA&A Productions (Italy). She sees her work as a way of helping audiences to understand the wonders of the world around us, to learn about and appreciate the lives of other species and cultures, and in so doing care for and nurture the incredible diversity of life.

VICTORIA HUGHES - RESUME

FREELANCE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ FILM RESEARCHER
Series Producer: Nigel's Wild Wild World, The Discovery Channel Producer/Director : The Discovery Channel, GAA Productions Script Writer: The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Educational Films, GAA Productions, Marty Stouffer Productions Associate Producer: The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Television Educational Films Researcher: The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Educational Films, PBS In the past seven years I have written, directed and produced over 50 broadcast hours of documentary television, including a weekly documentary series. I am conversant with all production and post production technologies and procedures and have a reputation for bringing in quality projects that are 'on time and on budget.' I build and work with talented teams of cinematographers, editors and composers who work together creatively and collaboratively.

RESEARCHER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY FILM LIBRARY Washington, D.C.
Catalogued and archived 'outs' from NGS productions for stock footage library. Specialized in identifying species and describing animal behavior.

EDUCATION DIRECTOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE Fairfax, VA
Developed interdisciplinary educational programs for in-crisis adolescents.

ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER OLSSON'S BOOKS AND RECORDS Alexandria, VA

CHAIR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT REGINA HIGH SCHOOL Hyattsville, MD

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TABEETHA SCHOOL Jaffa, Israel
Taught Religious Studies, English and History consistent with British G.C.E. requirements for O-Level and A-Level Exams (London Syllabus).