Bethany McHugh. Creative Producer.

A New York born, bred, and based creative. Learn more below.

  • With a deep love of connecting likeminded artists, Bethany has 10 years of producorial experience. Her relationships involve collaborating directly with artists, with branded clients, or as an agency producer with some of the industry’s leading story-driven firms.

    These partnerships have created thoughtful and artistically compelling work, including -

    • campaign-level photo and video assets for print and digital

    • documentaries

    • podcasts

    • original feature length and short films

    • music videos

    • live events

    • keynote addresses

    • online educational libraries

    Notable creative partners include SkinCeuticals, LinkedIn, Cole Haan, Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue, Wolff Olins, co: collective, State Farm, NYCxDESIGN & NYC Tourism, Matrix, L’Oreal, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and more.

  • Bethany’s partnerships with some of the film industry’s rising talents has led to the creation of award winning projects. Some highlights can be found below, with more on her “narrative'“ page.

    • GRIND, A Feature Film (Lead Producer)

    • Cigarettes, A Short Film (Executive Producer)

    • radiation, A Short Film (Lead Producer)

    • WTF is Next, A Documentary Series Pilot (Lead Producer / Showrunner)

  • Bethany has worked on a number of critically-acclaimed shows and with many celebrated showrunners, including GENIUS: ARETHA (Suzan-Lori Parks); P-VALLEY (EP: Katori Hall); UNT. ANNA DELVEY (EP: Lena Dunham); DICKINSON (EP: Alena Smith); and THE AFFAIR (EP: Sarah Treem). For all of these, she has been part of the project from the first day in the writers room, to on set at camera wrap on the last day - developing key insight that translates from the writers room to set.

    She is currently developing the screenplay JANE DOE alongside Rodrigo Garcia (100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, IN TREATMENT, PARTY OF FIVE), who is also attached to direct. Bethany’s theatre credits include FUCK ALISON ROMAN (“Break the Ritual Series”, The Misfits, 2020); and MAGDALENE (RADA, 2015).

    Bethany was named a semi-finalist in the Script Pipeline Competition (2020); a semi-finalist for the WGA Made in New York Fellowship (2018); and was a playwright-in-residence at the American Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford, CT during the summer of 2019.

    She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Dramatic Writing.

  • Bethany is the founder of Affects Next Day’s Work, where we believe creatives are the best ones to spearhead telling the story of a product - and a brand - to consumers. Through this, we develop a thoughtful strategy to execute brand storytelling, specializing in creating original content surrounded by live event activation.

    You can learn more about the company here.