Eugene Orlando Hughes

In 2019, Hughes's documentary, The Moving Theatre, won several international awards in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US, including Best Documentary at The National Film Awards UK, Indian Independent Film Festival, and London Independent Film Festival. His community art projects are exhibited at The Centre for Social Change and Kingston Museum in London.

In 2016, Hughes directed The Moving Theatre, a documentary using art to share people's migration experiences. He also ran art projects for communities to help with social inclusion.

In 2010, Hughes became a clinical psychotherapist, providing individual psychotherapy and workshops in private clinical practice. In 2011, he co-founded Lead Like a River, a wilderness retreat that has been ranked in the Times and SELF magazine.

In 2009, he completed his master's degree in integrative arts psychotherapy from the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education. Later, in 2019, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. His Ph.D. research subject was the psychology of being in nature.

Hughes started his career in London in the 1990s before training as a psychologist and psychotherapist. In 2004, he became the founder and chief psychologist of Artgym, an organization that provides coaching on creative skills.

Eugene Hughes (born 5 May 1969) is a UK-based documentary filmmaker and psychotherapist. He is known for the documentary film The Moving Theatre, as well as for establishing Artgym.

Hughes was born on 5 May 1969 in Dublin, Ireland. In 1990 he received a bachelor of arts degree from University College Dublin. In 2000, he completed his master's degree in psychotherapy from London Metropolitan University.