John Hughes

ActorWriterProducerCrewDirector Feb 18 (died age 59) Lansing, Michigan, USA 1980–2025 (45 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Home Alone

Producer

Film

The Breakfast Club

Brian’s Father (uncredited)

Film

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)

Film

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Characters

Film

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Producer

Film

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Director

Film

National Lampoon's Vacation

Screenplay

Film

Vacation

Characters

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (11)

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

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

7.9

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

6.6

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Who Is Ferris Bueller?

2006

as Self

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

2006

as Self (archive footage)

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)

7.6

John Hughes: Time Capsule

1986

as Himself

The Breakfast Club

1985

as Brian’s Father (uncredited)

7.7

Untitled John Hughes Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Television (2)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Crew (83)

Movies (83)

Home Sweet Home Alone

2021

Characters

4.9

Home Sweet Home Alone

2021

Screenplay

4.9

Home Sweet Home Alone

Story

Vacation

Characters

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

Characters

Drillbit Taylor

Story

Beethoven's 5th

Characters

Home Alone 4

Characters

Maid in Manhattan

Story

Just Visiting

Screenplay

Beethoven's 4th

Characters

New Port South

Executive Producer

Beethoven's 3rd

Characters

American Adventure

Characters

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes

1999

Producer

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes

1999

Writer

Reach the Rock

Producer

Reach the Rock

Writer

Flubber

Producer

Flubber

Screenplay

Home Alone 3

Characters

Home Alone 3

Producer

Home Alone 3

Writer

101 Dalmatians

Producer

101 Dalmatians

Screenplay

Jack

Producer

Mallrats

Thanks

Baby's Day Out

Producer

Baby's Day Out

Screenplay

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

Producer

6.8

Miracle on 34th Street

Screenplay

Dennis the Menace

Producer

Dennis the Menace

Screenplay

Beethoven's 2nd

Characters

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

Characters

6.8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

Producer

6.8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Screenplay

Beethoven

Writer

Career Opportunities

Producer

Career Opportunities

Writer

Dutch

Producer

Dutch

Writer

Curly Sue

Director

Curly Sue

Producer

Curly Sue

Screenplay

Only the Lonely

Producer

Home Alone

Producer

Home Alone

Screenplay

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

Producer

7.2

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Screenplay

Uncle Buck

Director

Uncle Buck

Producer

Uncle Buck

Writer

The Great Outdoors

Executive Producer

The Great Outdoors

Writer

She's Having a Baby

Director

She's Having a Baby

Producer

She's Having a Baby

Writer

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987

Director

7.3

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987

Producer

7.3

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987

Screenplay

7.3

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987

Producer

6.8

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987

Writer

6.8

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

Director

7.6

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

Producer

7.6

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Writer

Pretty in Pink

Executive Producer

Pretty in Pink

Writer

The Breakfast Club

Director

The Breakfast Club

Producer

The Breakfast Club

Writer

Weird Science

Director

Weird Science

Screenplay

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985

Screenplay

6.2

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Story

Sixteen Candles

Director

Sixteen Candles

Writer

National Lampoon's Vacation

Screenplay

Mr. Mom

Writer

Nate and Hayes

Writer

Class Reunion

Writer

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

1980

Co-Writer

6.2

Sam and Victor's Day Off

Original Film Writer