Professionally known as one of the Hughes brothers, Albert Hughes is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Having started his career in an early age of twenty-one, he is best-known for violent films like Menace II Society (1993), American Pimp (1999) and From Hell (2001). He also worked in music videos like Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), and Thoughtless. He has also directed film The Book of Eli (2010) and documentary We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can`t Afford to Miss (2014). His other projects include Alpha (2018).