John Hughes

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 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 3. Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.

Directed

1. The Breakfast Club (1985) — Director
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) — Director
3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) — Director
4. Sixteen Candles (1984) — Director
5. Weird Science (1985) — Director
6. Uncle Buck (1989) — Director
7. Curly Sue (1991) — Director
8. She's Having a Baby (1988) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Breakfast Club (1985) — Brian’s Father (uncredited)
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) — Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
3. The Movies That Made Us (2019) — Self (archive footage)
4. John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
5. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
6. Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015) — Self - Writer (archive footage)
7. BRATS (2024) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
8. John Hughes: Time Capsule (1986) — Himself
9. The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006) — Self (archive footage)
10. John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast (2012) — Self (archive footage)
11. Who Is Ferris Bueller? (2006) — Self
12. The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories (2006) — Self (archive footage)
13. Untitled John Hughes Documentary — Self (archive footage)