John Hughes

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-02-18 (59 years old)

Deathday

2009-08-06

Place of Birth

Lansing, Michigan, USA

John Hughes

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.

Acting

2006

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

as Self (archive footage)

2012

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

as Self (archive footage)

1985

The Breakfast Club

as Brian’s Father (uncredited)

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

2024

BRATS

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)

Production

1990

Home Alone

as Screenplay

1990

Home Alone

as Producer

1991

Only the Lonely

as Producer

1989

Uncle Buck

as Director

1989

Uncle Buck

as Producer

1988

1988

The Great Outdoors

as Executive Producer

1994

1994

1985

1985

1994

Baby's Day Out

as Screenplay

1994

Baby's Day Out

as Producer

1991

Curly Sue

as Director

1991

Curly Sue

as Screenplay

1991

Curly Sue

as Producer

1996

101 Dalmatians

as Screenplay

1996

101 Dalmatians

as Producer

2002

2008

1985

Weird Science

as Director

1985

Weird Science

as Screenplay

1993

Dennis the Menace

as Screenplay

1993

1988

1988

1991

Dutch

as Writer

1991

Dutch

as Producer

1997

Home Alone 3

as Producer

1997

Home Alone 3

as Writer

2002

Home Alone 4

as Characters

1983

Mr. Mom

as Writer

1997

Flubber

as Screenplay

1997

Flubber

as Producer

1982

Class Reunion

as Writer

1984

Sixteen Candles

as Director

1998

2001

New Port South

as Executive Producer

1989

Uncle Buck

as Writer

2001

Beethoven's 4th

as Characters

1985

2015

Vacation

as Characters

2001

Just Visiting

as Screenplay

1995

Mallrats

as Thanks

1998

Reach the Rock

as Producer

1986

Pretty in Pink

as Executive Producer

1987

1991

2000

Beethoven's 3rd

as Characters

1993

Beethoven's 2nd

as Characters

-

Sam and Victor's Day Off

as Original Film Writer

2000

American Adventure

as Characters

1984

2021

1983

1992

Beethoven

as Writer

1988

1997

Home Alone 3

as Characters

2021

1986

1996

Jack

as Producer

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