Nathan Hughes-Berry is a filmmaker and educator whose work explores shame, emotional inheritance, and the complexities of family relationships. His films examine the tension between vulnerability and self-protection, often finding drama in the things people struggle to communicate.

His short film The Substitute won the Kodak Student Scholarship Award, screened at over 50 international festivals, and was cited in The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminism. His subsequent short, Rape Card, was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and ShortsTV.

An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Nathan teaches filmmaking and screenwriting at Humber College, Wilfrid Laurier University, and George Brown College. He is currently developing his debut feature, Kintsugi.