Dave Hughes (producer)

Dave Hughes
Born	David Hughes 1970/1971 (age 45–46)
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality	American
Occupation	Television producer, editor
Years active	1995–present
Known for	Off the Air

Dave Hughes is an American television producer and editor, currently employed at Williams Street as well the founder of his production studio, Million Monkeys Inc. Hughes previously worked as a video editor while at MTV Animation, working on series such as Beavis and Butt-head, Celebrity Deathmatch and Cartoon Sushi, before meeting with coworker Matt Harrigan to work on Space Ghost Coast to Coast in Los Angeles. He has worked on several Adult Swim series, and is the creator of his own show for the network, Off the Air.

Hughes had been interested in animation in general as a child, experimenting with computers, stop motion and videography. In high school, he and several friends signed up for television production course, where he found "that it could maybe be more than a hobby." Afterwards, he attended Ithaca College to study television and radio. There, he produced a local TV show and a radio program around 1991, which was broadcast throughout the city and the source of a sponsorship between a local pizzeria.

After graduating college, Hughes moved into New York City. Elaborating on his inspirations, 120 Minutes, Concrete TV, Liquid Television, and Night Flight were among some of the experimental programming in the city from the late 1980s and early '90s to expose him "to a whole new world of ideas, music and people that I just didn't see anywhere else on television."

Hughes' first job in television was at MTV Animation, where he worked from 1995 until it folded in 2003. He described his break into the industry as "a genuine lucky, fluky" one; initially temping on the oil and future trading floor at 399 Park Avenue, he declined a job offer given to him at the building. He cited that, while paying a good salary, the work was "very bizarre" and out of his knowledge base.

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