Person
John Hughes
Directing · 1950–2009 · Lansing, Michigan, USA
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 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 3. Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.
Known for
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Screenplay
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Screenplay
Home Alone 3
Writer
National Lampoon's Vacation
Screenplay
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
The Breakfast Club
Brian’s Father (uncredited)
Sixteen Candles
Director
Home Sweet Home Alone
Story
Baby's Day Out
Producer
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
- 2024BRATSSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Home Sweet Home AloneStory
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)
- 2015VacationCharacters
- 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Writer (archive footage)
- 2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistCharacters
- 2012John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty FastSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Drillbit TaylorStory
- 2006Who Is Ferris Bueller?Self
- 2006The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production StoriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2006The Making of Some Kind of WonderfulSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Beethoven's 5thCharacters
- 2002Maid in ManhattanStory
- 2002Home Alone 4Characters
- 2001Beethoven's 4thCharacters
- 2001New Port SouthExecutive Producer
- 2001Just VisitingScreenplay
- 2000Beethoven's 3rdCharacters
- 2000American AdventureCharacters
- 1998Reach the RockWriter
- 1997Home Alone 3Writer
- 1997FlubberProducer
- 1996101 DalmatiansScreenplay
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1996JackProducer
- 1995MallratsThanks
- 1994Miracle on 34th StreetScreenplay
- 1994Baby's Day OutProducer
- 1993Beethoven's 2ndCharacters
- 1993Dennis the MenaceProducer
- 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkScreenplay
- 1992BeethovenWriter
- 1991Curly SueScreenplay
- 1991DutchWriter
- 1991Only the LonelyProducer
- 1991Career OpportunitiesWriter
- 1990Home AloneProducer
- 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationScreenplay
- 1989Uncle BuckDirector
- 1988The Great OutdoorsWriter
- 1988She's Having a BabyDirector
- 1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesProducer
- 1987Some Kind of WonderfulProducer
- 1986John Hughes: Time CapsuleHimself
- 1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffGuy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
- 1986Pretty in PinkExecutive Producer
- 1985Weird ScienceScreenplay
- 1985National Lampoon's European VacationScreenplay
- 1985The Breakfast ClubBrian’s Father (uncredited)
- 1984Sixteen CandlesDirector
- 1983Nate and HayesWriter
- 1983National Lampoon's VacationScreenplay
- 1983Mr. MomWriter
- 1982Class ReunionWriter
- 1980The Secret of Nikola TeslaCo-Writer
- —Untitled John Hughes DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
- —Sam and Victor's Day OffOriginal Film Writer
- —The Corrs: Live At Lansdowne RoadExecutive Producer
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