John Hughes

Writing · Born 1950-02-18 in Lansing, Michigan, USA

Biography

John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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 Home Alone 3.

Filmography

• The Breakfast Club as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Writer (archive footage)
• BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
• John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)