Film: writer and director
Michael S.U. Hudson is a writer and director whose work has received 50+ festival awards. He worked as a camera operator and self shooter for the BBC, ABC, NBC, Rai, Arte, TV5 Canada and Reuters.
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Selected works
Marloe: Remember Me
Year
2022
Role
Writer and director
Format
Music video, 3 minutes 39 seconds. Shot in the United States.
A young boy dreams of travelling to a new planet, and of what he might find when he gets there. A science fiction music video for the Marloe song Remember Me.
Canon: Knocked Out
Year
2024
Role
Writer and director
Format
Music video, 2 minutes. Shot on location in Toronto, directed remotely from Stockholm.
Where the real and the virtual blur, a boy trains alone in his bedroom to master boxing in a digital arena. Starring Benjamin Shkolenko, set to the Canon track Knocked Out.
Driven
Year
2015
Role
Writer and director
Format
Unfinished feature. Crime thriller, shot in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2015. Revival planned for 2027.
Over one night in Lahore, a businessman and a corrupt police unit hunt a former associate who has survived a failed execution, while each character races to reach their own ends before morning. Developed from real events in the life of actor and producer Kamran Faiq. With Javed Sheikh, Amna Ilyas, Adnan Shah Tipu and Rehan Sheikh.
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Selected recognition
50+ festival awards. 120+ festival selections, nominations and honourable mentions.
2024
Finalist, Best Music Video, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada. A Canadian Screen Awards eligible festival.
Canon: Knocked Out
2024
Official Selection, Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival, Halifax, Canada. A Canadian Screen Awards eligible festival.
Canon: Knocked Out
2024
Nominee, Best Music Video, Worcester Film Festival, UK. A BIFA qualifying festival.
Canon: Knocked Out
2022
Winner, Best Music Video, Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden
Marloe: Remember Me
2024
Winner, Music Videos, Birmingham Film Festival, UK
Canon: Knocked Out
2022
Winner, Best Videoclip, Versi di Luce International CinemaPoetry Festival, Modica, Italy
Marloe: Remember Me
2024
Winner, Short Film, Mediterraneo Festival Corto, Diamante, Italy
Canon: Knocked Out
2024
Finalist, Cantarel Music Video Competition, Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy
Canon: Knocked Out
2024
Official Selection, International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany
Canon: Knocked Out
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Screenplays and editing
Drinking Things Clear
TV pilot. Optioned by Netflix.
The Old Man in the Lake
Award-winning screenplay. Short in pre-production.
Down by the Water
Short, 2020.
Babli & Babar
Editing consultant. Directed by Kamran Faiq, Pakistan, 2024.
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Broadcast
Role
Camera operator and self shooter
Years
2010 to 2016
For
BBC, ABC, NBC, Rai, Arte, TV5 Canada, Reuters
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How did film lead to AI?
Film taught Michael S.U. Hudson to take a blank page and build a working system that an audience responds to: story, production discipline and structure. He applies the same discipline to AI, where a plan, a method and a fixed rhythm decide whether the audience responds.
Mentors: Rian Johnson, Krzysztof Zanussi, Aleksander Sokurov.