Producer of seven features and a number of documentary and narrative shorts, J.R. Hughto has worked in production and post-production for the better part of a decade. Hughto specializes in producing with an eye towards using new technologies to drive down cost while improving quality. As a workflow consultant, Hughto has advised dozens of filmmakers from pre-production through their films' final outputs, on 35mm, HD, and SD. His clients' budgets range from under $5K to over $100M.

Hughto currently teaches full time at the California Institute of the Arts in the School of Film/Video, where he teaches a number of courses on the technical aspects of filmmaking, including Producing, production, and post. Hughto also teaches a comprehensive monthly seminar in Digital Cinema through his company Clockmaker Digital hosted by Moviola in Hollywood, California.

Hughto's films 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, the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and The Luben House in New York City.

Hughto holds a Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking from the California Institute of the Arts, a BA with honors from Cornell University, and is an Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR).

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