John Hughes
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday18 February 1950
Died6 August 2009 (age 59)
Place of birthLansing, Michigan, USA
Known credits60
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.
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
BRATS
2024 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 · Story
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 · Screenplay
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 · Characters
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Vacation
2015 · Characters
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012 · Characters
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Drillbit Taylor
2008 · Story
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006 · Self
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Beethoven's 5th
2003 · Characters
Maid in Manhattan
2002 · Story
Home Alone 4
2002 · Characters
Beethoven's 4th
2001 · Characters
New Port South
2001 · Executive Producer
Just Visiting
2001 · Screenplay
Beethoven's 3rd
2000 · Characters
American Adventure
2000 · Characters
Reach the Rock
1998 · Writer
Reach the Rock
1998 · Producer
Home Alone 3
1997 · Writer
Home Alone 3
1997 · Producer
Home Alone 3
1997 · Characters
Flubber
1997 · Producer
Flubber
1997 · Screenplay
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Screenplay
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Producer
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Jack
1996 · Producer
Mallrats
1995 · Thanks
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Screenplay
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Producer
Baby's Day Out
1994 · Producer
Baby's Day Out
1994 · Screenplay
Beethoven's 2nd
1993 · Characters
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Producer
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Screenplay
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Screenplay
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Producer
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Characters
Beethoven
1992 · Writer
Curly Sue
1991 · Screenplay
Curly Sue
1991 · Producer
Curly Sue
1991 · Director
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