Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes writes about film, history and music. Between 2004 and 2014 he wrote the 'Filmgoers' Guide' book series - ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE ITALIAN WEST, CRIME WAVE, STAGECOACH TO TOMBSTONE, OUTER LIMITS and WHEN EAGLES DARED. He is one of the co-authors of Taschen's official 007 book THE JAMES BOND ARCHIVES: NO TIME TO DIE (2021) and also a contributor to Taschen's THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN ARCHIVES (2015). His other books include CINEMA ITALIANO: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FROM CLASSICS TO CULT, THE KAMERA GUIDE TO SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, THE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS, MARIO BAVA: DESTINATION TERROR and AIM FOR THE HEART: THE FILMS OF CLINT EASTWOOD. Blu-ray/DVD booklets include Arrow's SAVAGE GUNS, BLOOD MONEY and VENGEANCE TRAILS spaghetti western box sets, Eureka's krimi box TERROR IN THE FOG, plus A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE, DJANGO, THE GREAT SILENCE, YAKUZA WOLF, RUN MAN RUN, BLOOD & BLACK LACE, REVOLVER, JOHNNY GUITAR, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, KEOMA, AFTER THE FOX, RIO GRANDE, GET MEAN and more. Audio commentaries recorded for RUN MAN RUN and THE GREAT SILENCE (both with filmmaker Richard Knew), AND GOD SAID TO CAIN, WRATH OF THE WIND and FIND A PLACE TO DIE. Visual essay 'Yojimbo, Django and Yakuza Wolf' written and narrated for Eureka's YAKUZA WOLF 1&2. Howard has written for a variety of film-related publications and websites. His work has been published by I.B.Tauris (now Bloomsbury), Taschen, Oldcastle Books, Kamera Books, Arrow Video, Blue Underground, Cinema Retro, the BFI and Eureka! Entertainment.