Michelle Hughes is a director, producer and new media enthusiast with over seven years experience working in the digital media industry.
In October 2005, Michelle Hughes directed a short film in London. Michelle had no formal training or previous experience in film making. She gathered a team of six people to help her shoot the film, none of whom had formal training in the film industry, just related experience. The main point of interest at this stage in the film project was the accessibility of digital film, allowing different people to tell their story via film, placing filmmaking into new hands. Originally the footage shot in London was to be used for only one cut of the film - their own. When Michelle moved to New Zealand in early 2006, she worked in collaboration to develop the unique concept of Stray Cinema – an open source film project.