Person

John Hughes

18 February 1950 – 6 August 2009 (59)

Director · Producer · Writer

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 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 3.

Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.

Filmography

Home Alone 3 (1997)

WriterProducer

IMDb 4.6 · Movie

Jack (1996)

Producer

IMDb 5.8 · Movie

Dennis the Menace (1993)

ScreenplayProducer

IMDb 5.7 · Movie

Beethoven (1992)

Writer

IMDb 5.7 · Movie

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

ScreenplayProducer

IMDb 6.9 · Movie

Career Opportunities (1991)

WriterProducer

IMDb 5.8 · Movie

Curly Sue (1991)

ScreenplayProducerDirector

IMDb 5.9 · Movie

Only the Lonely (1991)

Producer

IMDb 6.4 · Movie

Home Alone (1990)

ScreenplayProducer

IMDb 7.8 · Movie

Uncle Buck (1989)

DirectorProducerWriter

IMDb 7.1 · Movie

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

DirectorProducerWriter

IMDb 7.8 · Movie

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

ScreenplayStory

IMDb 6.2 · Movie

The Breakfast Club (1985)

as Brian’s Father (uncredited) DirectorProducerWriter

IMDb 7.8 · Movie

Weird Science (1985)

ScreenplayDirector

IMDb 6.6 · Movie

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Screenplay

IMDb 7.3 · Movie