John Hughes
Born: 1950-02-18 in Lansing, Michigan, USA
Died: 2009-08-06
Known For: Writing
Biography
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009), also known as Edmond Dantès, was an American filmmaker, comedian, and businessman. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Flubber (1997). Widely considered an icon of the 1980s whose coming-of-age stories captured the teenage experience, Hughes set most of his films in Chicago, where he spent his teenage years. His work often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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)
2012
- Home Alone: The Holiday Heist ... (Characters)
- John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Drillbit Taylor ... (Story)
2006
- Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self
- The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Beethoven's 5th ... (Characters)
2002
- Maid in Manhattan ... (Story)
- Home Alone 4 ... (Characters)
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 ... (Writer)
- Flubber ... (Producer)
1996
- 101 Dalmatians ... (Screenplay)
- Jack ... (Producer)
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Mallrats ... (Thanks)
1994
- Miracle on 34th Street ... (Screenplay)
- Baby's Day Out ... (Producer)
1993
- Dennis the Menace ... (Producer)
- Beethoven's 2nd ... (Characters)
1992
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ... (Screenplay)
- Beethoven ... (Writer)
1991
- Career Opportunities ... (Writer)
- Curly Sue ... (Screenplay)
- Only the Lonely ... (Producer)
- Dutch ... (Writer)
1990
- Home Alone ... (Producer)
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ... (Screenplay)
- Uncle Buck ... (Director)
1988
- The Great Outdoors ... (Writer)
- She's Having a Baby ... (Director)
1987
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles ... (Producer)
- 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
- The Breakfast Club as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
- Weird Science ... (Screenplay)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation ... (Screenplay)
1984
- Sixteen Candles ... (Director)
1983
- National Lampoon's Vacation ... (Screenplay)
- Mr. Mom ... (Writer)
- Nate and Hayes ... (Writer)
1982
- Class Reunion ... (Writer)
1980
- The Secret of Nikola Tesla ... (Co-Writer)
1971
- Film '72 as Self