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John Hughes

John Hughes

Director · 1950–2009 · Lansing, Michigan, USA

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Biography

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He directed and scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 90s, including National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Uncle Buck, Career Opportunities, 101 Dalmatians, Home Alone, and its sequels, Home Alone 2 and 3. Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.

Directed 8

Wrote 41

No release date

  1. Sam and Victor's Day Off

    Original Film Writer

Produced 25

2000s

  1. 2001

    New Port South

    Executive Producer

No release date

  1. The Corrs: Live At Lansdowne Road

    Executive Producer

Acted in 3

1990s

  1. 1996

    E! True Hollywood Story

    TV

Appearances7

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Movies That Made Us

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

    76
  2. 2015

    Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

    Self - Writer (archive footage)

    75
  3. 2012

    John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2006

    Who Is Ferris Bueller?

    Self

  2. The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories

    Self (archive footage)

Thanked in the credits1

1990s

  1. 1995

    Mallrats

    Thanks

    61