John Hughes

Known for: Directing

Born: 1950-02-18 – 2009-08-06 (aged 59)

From: Lansing, Michigan, USA

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 (13)

MOVIE★ 7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
MOVIE
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006
as Self
MOVIE
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE
John Hughes: Time Capsule
1986
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.6
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Breakfast Club
1985
as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
MOVIE
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
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as Self (archive footage)