MsMargaret McHugh

Margaret McHugh is a creative practice researcher and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She comes from an industry background working in film production, and film festival programming and marketing. As a practitioner, Margaret has directed, written and produced over 16 video works. Her films have screened at more than 50 national and international film festivals, galleries and online exhibition platforms, and have received numerous Competitive Awards, Special Jury Awards and Director’s Choice Programming selections. Festivals include - Sydney Film Festival, Frameline: International LGBTQ Film Festival (San Francisco), imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Canada) Adelaide Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Berlin Independent Film Festival (Berlin), Queens World Film Festival (New York), Ethnografilm Festival (Paris), and Arte Internacional De Cine Y Arte – (Buenos Aires). Margaret’s current research interests include documentary film, feminist theory and screen production research. She is a lecturer in Media Arts and Production at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).


Memberships + Committees
- Australian Screen Production, Education and Research Association (ASPERA) - Research Subcommittee
- Creative Practice Research Group (CPRG) UTS - Member
- UTS Ally Network + Staff Pride Network
- OzDox: The Australian Documentary Forum - Member
- Frameline: International LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Screener committee