Directing
John Hughes
1950-2009
Known for The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
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Born02/18/1950
Died08/06/2009
AgeDied at 59
BirthplaceLansing, Michigan, USA
DepartmentDirecting
Also known asEdmond Dantès, Edmond Dantes, John Wilden Hughes Jr.
Biography
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.
