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John Hughes

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Writer | * 02/18/1950 († 59, 08/06/2009) | Lansing, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the National Lampoon magazine. He went on in Hollywood to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s. He directed such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, and Uncle Buck; and wrote the films National Lampoon's Vacation, ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Drama

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Movies with John Hughes as Actor(5)

as Himself (Archive Footage)2006 The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
as himself2006 Who Is Ferris Bueller?
as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

TV Shows/Series with John Hughes as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage)2019 The Movies That Made Us

Movies with John Hughes as Crew(73)

Writing/Original Film Writer2021 Home Sweet Home Alone
Writing/Screenplay2021 Home Sweet Home Alone
Writing/Story2021 Home Sweet Home Alone
Writing/Characters2015 Vacation
Writing/Story2008 Drillbit Taylor
Writing/Characters2002 Home Alone 4
Writing/Story2002 Maid in Manhattan
Writing/Characters2001 Beethoven's 4th
Writing/Screenplay2001 Just Visiting
Production/Executive Producer2001 New Port South
Writing/Characters2000 American Adventure
Writing/Characters2000 Beethoven's 3rd
Production/Producer1998 Reach the Rock
Writing/Writer1998 Reach the Rock
Production/Producer1997 Flubber
Writing/Screenplay1997 Flubber
Production/Producer1997 Home Alone 3
Writing/Writer1997 Home Alone 3
Production/Producer1996 101 Dalmatians
Writing/Screenplay1996 101 Dalmatians
Crew/Thanks1995 Mallrats
Production/Producer1994 Baby's Day Out
Writing/Screenplay1994 Baby's Day Out
Production/Producer1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Writing/Screenplay1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Production/Producer1993 Dennis the Menace
Writing/Screenplay1993 Dennis the Menace
Writing/Characters1993 Beethoven's 2nd
Writing/Writer1992 Beethoven
Production/Producer1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Writing/Screenplay1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Production/Producer1991 Career Opportunities
Writing/Writer1991 Career Opportunities
Production/Producer1991 Only the Lonely
Production/Producer1991 Dutch
Writing/Writer1991 Dutch
Directing/Director1991 Curly Sue
Production/Producer1991 Curly Sue
Writing/Screenplay1991 Curly Sue
Production/Producer1990 Home Alone
Writing/Screenplay1990 Home Alone
Directing/Director1989 Uncle Buck
Production/Producer1989 Uncle Buck
Writing/Writer1989 Uncle Buck
Directing/Director1988 She's Having a Baby
Production/Producer1988 She's Having a Baby
Writing/Writer1988 She's Having a Baby
Production/Executive Producer1988 The Great Outdoors
Writing/Writer1988 The Great Outdoors
Production/Producer1987 Some Kind of Wonderful
Writing/Writer1987 Some Kind of Wonderful
Directing/Director1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Production/Producer1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Writing/Screenplay1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Directing/Director1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Production/Producer1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Writing/Writer1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Production/Executive Producer1986 Pretty in Pink
Writing/Screenplay1986 Pretty in Pink
Directing/Director1985 Weird Science
Writing/Screenplay1985 Weird Science
Directing/Director1985 The Breakfast Club
Production/Producer1985 The Breakfast Club
Writing/Writer1985 The Breakfast Club
Directing/Director1984 Sixteen Candles
Writing/Writer1984 Sixteen Candles
Writing/Writer1983 Mr. Mom
Writing/Screenplay1983 National Lampoon's Vacation
Writing/Writer1983 Nate and Hayes
Writing/Writer1982 Class Reunion

Full Name: John Hughes
Born: Saturday, 02/18 1950 (February) in Lansing, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 08/06 2009 (August) in New York City (aged: 59)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Glenbrook North High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for John Hughes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Edmond Dantès"
"Edmond Dantes"
"John Wilden Hughes Jr."
"जाॅन ह्यूजेस"
"John Hughes (filmmaker)"
"John Hughes (Regisseur)"
John Hughes frequently works together with these people:
James R. Alexander (10x, Crew)
John Candy (9x, Actor)
Jane Jenkins (8x, Crew)
John W. Corso (8x, Crew)
Marilyn Vance (7x, Crew)
Janet Hirshenson (7x, Crew)
Tarquin Gotch (7x, Crew)
Wylie Stateman (7x, Crew)
Billy Hopkins (6x, Crew)
Dino Dimuro (6x, Crew)
Ira Newborn (6x, Crew)
Brian Volk-Weiss (3x, Crew)

Other people with this name: John Hughes, John Hughes (IE)

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