John Hughes
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John Hughes

Feb 18, 1950 - Lansing, Michigan, USA

John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed and scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, 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 Home Alone 3.

Credits

Cast

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Movie1986John Hughes: Time CapsuleHimself
Movie2006The Making of Some Kind of WonderfulSelf (archive footage)
Movie2012John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty FastSelf (archive footage)
Movie1985The Breakfast ClubBrian’s Father (uncredited)
Movie2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Movie2024BRATSSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2006Who Is Ferris Bueller?Self
Movie1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffGuy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
Movie2006The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production StoriesSelf (archive footage)
TV Show1996E! True Hollywood Story1
TV Show2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)1

Crew

Media
Movie1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkProducerProduction
Movie1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkScreenplayWriting
Movie1990Home AloneScreenplayWriting
Movie1990Home AloneProducerProduction
Movie1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesScreenplayWriting
Movie1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesProducerProduction
Movie1991Only the LonelyProducerProduction
Movie1988The Great OutdoorsWriterWriting
Movie1988The Great OutdoorsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1989Uncle BuckDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Uncle BuckProducerProduction
Movie1994Miracle on 34th StreetProducerProduction
Movie1994Miracle on 34th StreetScreenplayWriting
Movie1985The Breakfast ClubDirectorDirecting
Movie1985The Breakfast ClubProducerProduction
Movie1983National Lampoon's VacationScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Baby's Day OutScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Baby's Day OutProducerProduction
Movie1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationScreenplayWriting
Movie1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationProducerProduction
Movie1985National Lampoon's European VacationScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Curly SueProducerProduction
Movie1991Curly SueScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Curly SueDirectorDirecting
Movie1996101 DalmatiansScreenplayWriting
Movie1996101 DalmatiansProducerProduction
Movie2002Maid in ManhattanStoryWriting
Movie2008Drillbit TaylorStoryWriting
Movie1985Weird ScienceDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Weird ScienceScreenplayWriting
Movie1988She's Having a BabyDirectorDirecting
Movie1993Dennis the MenaceScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Dennis the MenaceProducerProduction
Movie1988She's Having a BabyProducerProduction
Movie1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffDirectorDirecting
Movie1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffProducerProduction
Movie1991DutchWriterWriting
Movie1991DutchProducerProduction
Movie1997Home Alone 3ProducerProduction
Movie1997Home Alone 3WriterWriting
Movie2002Home Alone 4CharactersWriting
Movie1983Mr. MomWriterWriting
Movie1997FlubberProducerProduction
Movie1997FlubberScreenplayWriting
Movie1982Class ReunionWriterWriting
Movie1984Sixteen CandlesDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Reach the RockWriterWriting
Movie1991Career OpportunitiesWriterWriting
Movie2001New Port SouthExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1989Uncle BuckWriterWriting
Movie2001Beethoven's 4thCharactersWriting
Movie1985The Breakfast ClubWriterWriting
Movie2015VacationCharactersWriting
Movie2021Home Sweet Home AloneStoryWriting
Movie2001Just VisitingScreenplayWriting
Movie1995MallratsThanksCrew
Movie1998Reach the RockProducerProduction
Movie1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffWriterWriting
Movie1991Career OpportunitiesProducerProduction
Movie2000Beethoven's 3rdCharactersWriting
Movie1986Pretty in PinkExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1987Some Kind of WonderfulProducerProduction
Movie1993Beethoven's 2ndCharactersWriting
MovieN/ASam and Victor's Day OffOriginal Film WriterWriting
Movie2000American AdventureCharactersWriting
Movie1984Sixteen CandlesWriterWriting
Movie1987Some Kind of WonderfulWriterWriting
Movie2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistCharactersWriting
Movie2021Home Sweet Home AloneScreenplayWriting
Movie1983Nate and HayesWriterWriting
Movie1992BeethovenWriterWriting
Movie1988She's Having a BabyWriterWriting
Movie1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkCharactersWriting
Movie1997Home Alone 3CharactersWriting
Movie2021Home Sweet Home AloneCharactersWriting
Movie1986Pretty in PinkWriterWriting
Movie1996JackProducerProduction
Movie1985National Lampoon's European VacationStoryWriting