John Hughes
Born: 1950-02-18 in Lansing, Michigan, USA
Died: 2009-08-06
Known For: Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
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
- The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful as Self (archive footage)
- Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self
- The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self (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 ... (Writer)
- Flubber ... (Producer)
1996
- Jack ... (Producer)
- 101 Dalmatians ... (Screenplay)
- 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)
- Dutch ... (Writer)
- Only the Lonely ... (Producer)
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)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation ... (Screenplay)
- Weird Science ... (Screenplay)
1984
- Sixteen Candles ... (Director)
1983
- National Lampoon's Vacation ... (Screenplay)
- Mr. Mom ... (Writer)
- Nate and Hayes ... (Writer)
1982
- Class Reunion ... (Writer)