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John Hughes

Writing

Born February 18, 1950 · Lansing, Michigan, USA

Died August 6, 2009

Also known as Edmond Dantès · Edmond Dantes · John Wilden Hughes Jr.

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.

Filmography44 titles

John Candy: I Like Me

2025as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)

The Breakfast Club

1985as Brian’s Father (uncredited)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)

Home Alone

1990Producer, Screenplay

The Movies That Made Us

2019as Self (archive footage)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1987Director, Producer, Screenplay

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989Producer, Screenplay

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983Screenplay

Career Opportunities

1991Producer, Writer

Mallrats

1995Thanks

Miracle on 34th Street

1994Producer, Screenplay

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992Characters, Producer, Screenplay

Uncle Buck

1989Director, Producer, Writer

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987Producer, Writer

Sixteen Candles

1984Director, Writer

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Pretty in Pink

1986Executive Producer, Writer

The Great Outdoors

1988Executive Producer, Writer

Weird Science

1985Director, Screenplay

Mr. Mom

1983Writer

Baby's Day Out

1994Producer, Screenplay

Curly Sue

1991Director, Producer, Screenplay

Vacation

2015Characters

Jack

1996Producer

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

1980Co-Writer

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985Screenplay, Story

Maid in Manhattan

2002Story

Brats

2024as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

She's Having a Baby

1988Director, Producer, Writer

101 Dalmatians

1996Producer, Screenplay

Dennis the Menace

1993Producer, Screenplay

Drillbit Taylor

2008Story

Beethoven

1992Writer

Flubber

1997Producer, Screenplay

Beethoven's 2nd

1993Characters

Beethoven's 5th

2003Characters

Beethoven's 4th

2001Characters

Home Alone 3

1997Characters, Producer, Writer

Beethoven's 3rd

2000Characters

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012Characters

Home Sweet Home Alone

2021Characters, Screenplay, Story

Just Visiting

2001Screenplay

New Port South

2001Executive Producer

Home Alone 4

2002Characters