John Hughes
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
February 18, 1950 — August 6, 2009 (59 years)
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.
Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2001 | Just Visiting · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Flubber · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Curly Sue · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Home Alone · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Christmas Vacation · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Weird Science · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | National Lampoon's European Vacation · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | National Lampoon's Vacation · as Screenplay |
| 1982 |
| 2001 | New Port South · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | |
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| 1989 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 |
| 2018 | The Breakfast Club: Deleted Scenes · as Brian's Father |
| 1996 | |
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off · as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited) |
| 1985 | The Breakfast Club · as Brian’s Father (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The Cleopatras · as Munatius Plancus |
| 1982 | Class Reunion · as 'girl' With Paper Bag On Head |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me · as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | Oh Yeah! · as Self |
| 2024 | Brats · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead · as Self - Writer (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Special Memorial Tribute |
| 1992 | |
| 1987 | Biography · as Self |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 2021 | Home Sweet Home Alone · as Story |
| 2015 | Vacation · as Characters |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail · as Based On Characters Created By |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist · as Characters |
| 2011 | Beethoven's Christmas Adventure · as Original Characters |
| 2010 | Hotel Hell Vacation · as Original Characters |
| 2008 | Drillbit Taylor · as Story |
| 2003 | Beethoven's 5th · as Characters |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan · as Story |
| 2002 | Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House · as Characters |
| 2001 | Beethoven's 4th · as Characters |
| 2000 | Beethoven's 3rd · as Characters |
| 1993 | Beethoven's 2nd · as Characters |
| 1990 | Uncle Buck · as Characters |
| 1984 | Mr. Mom · as Characters |
| 1983 | At Ease · as Creator |
| 1980 | The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla · as Co-Writer |
| 1979 | Delta House · as Written By |