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John Hughes

Directing

  • Born
  • February 18, 1950
  • Died
  • August 6, 2009
  • Place of birth
  • 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 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.

As actor 14

Film '72
1971
The Breakfast Club poster
The Breakfast Club
1985
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
The Movies That Made Us poster
The Movies That Made Us
2019
John Candy: I Like Me poster
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
E! True Hollywood Story poster
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
BRATS poster
BRATS
2024
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories poster
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006
Who Is Ferris Bueller? poster
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006
John Hughes: Time Capsule
1986
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast poster
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006

On the crew 48

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York poster
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Drillbit Taylor poster
Drillbit Taylor
2008
The Breakfast Club poster
The Breakfast Club
1985
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Home Alone 3 poster
Home Alone 3
1997
Vacation poster
Vacation
2015
101 Dalmatians poster
101 Dalmatians
1996
Baby's Day Out poster
Baby's Day Out
1994
National Lampoon's Vacation poster
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Planes, Trains and Automobiles poster
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
Weird Science poster
Weird Science
1985
Home Sweet Home Alone poster
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021
Maid in Manhattan poster
Maid in Manhattan
2002
Dennis the Menace poster
Dennis the Menace
1993
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
Uncle Buck poster
Uncle Buck
1989
Flubber poster
Flubber
1997
Jack poster
Jack
1996
Home Alone 4 poster
Home Alone 4
2002
Beethoven poster
Beethoven
1992
Miracle on 34th Street poster
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Sixteen Candles poster
Sixteen Candles
1984
Mallrats poster
Mallrats
1995
Career Opportunities poster
Career Opportunities
1991
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist poster
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
Mr. Mom poster
Mr. Mom
1983
National Lampoon's European Vacation poster
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
Pretty in Pink poster
Pretty in Pink
1986
Just Visiting poster
Just Visiting
2001
Beethoven's 2nd poster
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
The Great Outdoors poster
The Great Outdoors
1988
Curly Sue poster
Curly Sue
1991
Only the Lonely poster
Only the Lonely
1991
Some Kind of Wonderful poster
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
She's Having a Baby poster
She's Having a Baby
1988
Beethoven's 3rd poster
Beethoven's 3rd
2000
Dutch poster
Dutch
1991
Beethoven's 4th poster
Beethoven's 4th
2001
Beethoven's 5th poster
Beethoven's 5th
2003
Nate and Hayes poster
Nate and Hayes
1983
The Secret of Nikola Tesla poster
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
The Corrs: Live At Lansdowne Road poster
The Corrs: Live At Lansdowne Road
American Adventure
2000
Home Alone poster
Home Alone
1990
Class Reunion poster
Class Reunion
1982
New Port South poster
New Port South
2001
Reach the Rock poster
Reach the Rock
1998
Sam and Victor's Day Off poster
Sam and Victor's Day Off