John Hughes
Writing
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.
Born: February 18, 1950 · Lansing, Michigan, USA
Filmography (50)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Actor: Self - Writer, Dir…
BRATS
2024
Actor: Self (archive foot…
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021
StoryScreenplay+1
TV
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Actor: Self (archive foot…
Vacation
2015
Characters
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
Actor: Self - Writer (arc…
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
Characters
Drillbit Taylor
2008
Story
Beethoven's 5th
2003
Characters
Maid in Manhattan
2002
Story
Home Alone 4
2002
Characters
Beethoven's 4th
2001
Characters
New Port South
2001
Executive Producer
Just Visiting
2001
Screenplay
Beethoven's 3rd
2000
Characters
Reach the Rock
1998
WriterProducer
Home Alone 3
1997
ProducerWriter+1
Flubber
1997
ScreenplayProducer
101 Dalmatians
1996
ScreenplayProducer
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Actor
Jack
1996
Producer
Mallrats
1995
Thanks
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
ScreenplayProducer
Baby's Day Out
1994
ScreenplayProducer
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Characters
Dennis the Menace
1993
ScreenplayProducer
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
ScreenplayProducer+1
Beethoven
1992
Writer
Curly Sue
1991
DirectorScreenplay+1
Dutch
1991
WriterProducer
Only the Lonely
1991
Producer
Career Opportunities
1991
WriterProducer
Home Alone
1990
ScreenplayProducer
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
ScreenplayProducer
Uncle Buck
1989
DirectorProducer+1
The Great Outdoors
1988
WriterExecutive Producer
She's Having a Baby
1988
DirectorProducer+1
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
DirectorScreenplay+1
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
ProducerWriter
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Actor: Guy Running Betwee…Director+2
Pretty in Pink
1986
Executive ProducerWriter
Weird Science
1985
DirectorScreenplay
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
ScreenplayStory
The Breakfast Club
1985
Actor: Brian’s Father (un…Director+2
Sixteen Candles
1984
DirectorWriter
Nate and Hayes
1983
Writer
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Screenplay
Mr. Mom
1983
Writer
Class Reunion
1982
Writer
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
Co-Writer