Shaun Hughes

Shaun Hughes graduated from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and, in 2005, went on to complete a Masters degree in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee where he showed an aptitude and passion for narrative filmmaking. Since then he has co-founded a small film production company, Factotum Films, with friends and collaborators Tim Courtney and Caroline Smith. Shaun has had success with various projects including music videos, experimental work and short films, most notably his short film Mother (2009), which was distributed worldwide as part of Aesthetica Magazine's Short Film Competition 2010 and has also screened at Bradford International Film Festival 2011. Having recently completed an MA in Film Directing at Edinburgh College of Art and finishing his latest short, an ambitious unconventional western entitled No More Shall We Part; Shaun is now working on his first feature film.