J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker, photographer, and film tech expert; and is co-founder and president of the Independent Movie Supply Co., a production company dedicated to creating challenging and unique low-budget films.
Hughto has produced several feature films and shorts which have screened at festivals and galleries internationally, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Viennale, the Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Luben House in New York City.
The Mirror Eye, Hughto's documentary on Clement Greenberg and painting in Syracuse, NY, inspired a traveling exhibition of painters who had worked closely with the controversial critic. The film was published int exhibition's catalogue alongside an article by noted critic and author Karen Wilken. Hughto's short film, Witness, is in the permanent collection of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Hughto holds an MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts and a BA in Comparative Literature from Cornell University.
