John Hughes
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009), also known as Edmond Dantès, was an American filmmaker, comedian, and businessman. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Flubber (1997). Widely considered an icon of the 1980s whose coming-of-age stories captured the teenage experience, Hughes set most of his films in Chicago, where he spent his teenage years. His work often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
- 2024 · BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- 2012 · John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self
- 2006 · The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1986 · John Hughes: Time Capsule as Himself
- 1986 · Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
- 1985 · The Breakfast Club as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
- 1971 · Film '72 as Self
- Future · Untitled John Hughes Documentary as Self (archive footage)