John Hughes (I) (1950–2009)

Writer | Producer | Director

John Hughes was born on February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan, USA as John Wilden Hughes Jr. He ...

Born: February 18, 1950
Died: August 6, 2009 (age 59)

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Known For

Planes, Trains & Automobiles Writer (1987)
The Breakfast Club Writer (1985)
Weird Science Writer (1985)
Known For

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Writer (1986)
Writer

Vacation (2015)
Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014)
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
Hotel Hell Vacation (2010)
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Home Alone (2006)
Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002)
Beethoven's 4th (2001)
Just Visiting (2001)
Beethoven's 3rd (2000)
Reach the Rock (1998)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Flubber (1997)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Home Alone (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Beethoven (1992)
Uncle Buck (1990-1991)
Home Alone (1991)
Curly Sue (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Mr. Mom (1984)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Savage Islands (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
At Ease (1983)
Class Reunion (1982)
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980)
Writer

Delta House (1979)
Producer

New Port South (2001)
Reach the Rock (1998)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Flubber (1997)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Curly Sue (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Only the Lonely (1991)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Producer

The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director

Curly Sue (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director

Sixteen Candles (1984)
Actor

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Guy Running Between Cabs (1986)
The Breakfast Club Brian's Father (1985)
Actor

Class Reunion 'Girl' with Paper Bag on Head (1982)
Soundtrack

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Soundtrack

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Archive footage

The Insider (2017)
Entertainment Tonight (2016)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)
The Greatest 80s Movies (2014)
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood (2009)
Getting the Class Together: The Cast of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (2006)
Archive footage

Who Is Ferris Buller? (2006)
The Making of Ferris Buller's Day Off: Production Stories (2006)
Miscellaneous Crew

At Ease (1983)

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Inspired the "Brat Pack" movement of the 1980s.

Quotes

When I did Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk.

Trademark

Automobiles play prominent and even character-defining roles in several John Hughes films. There's the bizarre station wagon in "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983); the Rolls Royce in "Sixteen Candles" (1984); the various cars indicating the social...