Tau Films and JHI-A Storied Alliance
JHI is the sister-company of Tau Films, an alliance of a global creative content and visual effects studio with an academy. Its mission is to realize John Hughes' vision of educating artists, production, and technical staff in locations where Tau Films/JHI has a presence, and to serve the global animation and VFX community.
John Hughes is the co-founder/President of Tau Films and of JHI. In 1987, he co-founded Rhythm & Hues (R&H), an Animation and VFX house that received 3 Academy Awards for Best VFX in 1995, 2008, and 2013. Since 200, JHI and its preceding entity, Rhythm & Hues University/RHU (2007-2012), have been creating global societies.
Building communities of content creation professionals is the core tenet of John Hughes.
The JHI Edge-The P’s and Q’s of Production Quality:
- While Tau Films, recruits qualified JHI program graduates/artists, these recruits are not mandated by JHI to work for Tau Films. Rather, they choose Tau Films due to the nature of the projects, and related potential for career advancement.
- A number of JHI faculty are Tau Films Leads/Supervisors, and they often become the supervisors of the new recruits in projects, thereby continuing the learning and exchange process.
- JHI primarily uses production rigs/assets/elements derived from Tau Films productions that are battle-tested in production. This gives the students an opportunity to explore layers of complexity involved in production to match production quality.