Hailed by Musical Notes Global (New York) as “a true Renaissance woman” Aminah Hughes is an Australian writer, director, producer, photographer and musician.

Aminah has over twenty years experience in the film industry as below the line crew. She began writing in 2018, and directing and producing in 2019. As the Director of Sky Woman Productions, Aminah’s projects screened in numerous festivals throughout the US, Europe and Australia. In 2021, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked on features for Disney, Pixar, Searchlight Pictures, Warner Bros, Universal,  MGM, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Focus Features, New Line Cinema, Annapurna, Sony Pictures, Netflix and HBO Max, as well a variety of television series. She is a member of the Australian Directors Guild and the LA-based Independent Writers Caucus.

Aminah has appeared on 14 releases in Australia, Europe and the US, as a songwriter, vocalist, instrumentalist, and producer. She has performed with virtuoso guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, European folk-fusion outfit No Crows, and Ireland’s Declan O’Rourke, sung with orchestras and appeared on Irish TV, RTÉ and BBC Radio. Her debut album, Blue Wooden Boat, features Emmanuel, Waterboys fiddler Steve Wickham and Nashville gospel singers, The McCrary Sisters, and has worldwide distribution through MGM. A voice over actor and studio singer, her vocals have been featured on film, documentary and video game productions, including Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, based on the popular NBCUniversal Television Series.

Aminah is the President & Executive Director of Sky Woman Pictures, Blue Wolf Records, and The Redwood Film Foundation, a nonprofit fiscal sponsor that supports social impact filmmaking.