John Hughes

Born: 1950-02-18 in Lansing, Michigan, USA

Died: 2009-08-06

Known For: Directing

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.

Filmography

2025

John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)

2024

BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

Home Sweet Home Alone ... (Story)

2019

The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)

2015

Vacation ... (Characters)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Writer (archive footage)

2003

Beethoven's 5th ... (Characters)

2002

Home Alone 4 ... (Characters)
Maid in Manhattan ... (Story)

2001

Just Visiting ... (Screenplay)
Beethoven's 4th ... (Characters)
New Port South ... (Executive Producer)

2000

Beethoven's 3rd ... (Characters)
American Adventure ... (Characters)

1998

Reach the Rock ... (Writer)

1997

Home Alone 3 ... (Producer)
Flubber ... (Producer)

1996

101 Dalmatians ... (Screenplay)
Jack ... (Producer)
E! True Hollywood Story

1995

Mallrats ... (Thanks)

1994

Miracle on 34th Street ... (Producer)
Baby's Day Out ... (Screenplay)

1993

Dennis the Menace ... (Screenplay)
Beethoven's 2nd ... (Characters)

1992

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ... (Producer)
Beethoven ... (Writer)

1991

Only the Lonely ... (Producer)
Career Opportunities ... (Writer)
Curly Sue ... (Producer)
Dutch ... (Writer)

1990

Home Alone ... (Screenplay)

1989

Uncle Buck ... (Director)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ... (Screenplay)

1988

The Great Outdoors ... (Writer)
She's Having a Baby ... (Director)

1987

Planes, Trains and Automobiles ... (Screenplay)
Some Kind of Wonderful ... (Producer)

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
Pretty in Pink ... (Executive Producer)
John Hughes: Time Capsule as Himself

1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation ... (Screenplay)
Weird Science ... (Director)
The Breakfast Club as Brian’s Father (uncredited)

1984

Sixteen Candles ... (Director)

1983

National Lampoon's Vacation ... (Screenplay)
Mr. Mom ... (Writer)
Nate and Hayes ... (Writer)

1982

Class Reunion ... (Writer)

1971

Film '72 as Self