← Back

John Hughes

John Hughes

Born: 1950-02-18 • Lansing, Michigan, USA

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
John Candy: I Like Me poster
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
BRATS poster
BRATS
2024 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 • Self - Writer (archive footage)
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast poster
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012 • Self (archive footage)
Who Is Ferris Bueller? poster
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006 • Self
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories poster
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006 • Self (archive footage)
No Image
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006 • Self (archive footage)
No Image
John Hughes: Time Capsule
1986 • Himself
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 • Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
The Breakfast Club poster
The Breakfast Club
1985 • Brian’s Father (uncredited)
No Image
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
— • Self (archive footage)