John Hughes
Highest Rated: 94% National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Lowest Rated: 0% New Port South (2001)
Birthday: Feb 18, 1950
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, USA
A prolific writer, director and producer in the 1980s and early 1990s, John Hughes was the guiding force behind some of the most popular teen-oriented comedies of the period, including "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "The Breakfast Club" (1985) and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986). Though his stock in trade was broad, he had a particular gift for the speech and emotions of middle-class suburban youth, who were portrayed in his films with a complexity and respect rarely afforded them in major Hollywood features. Later, he also wrote the blockbuster holiday hit "Home Alone" (1990). His films were frequently cited as a major influence on writers and directors who toiled in the teen movie field.
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John Hughes
Filmography
Movies
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0% |
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New Port South | Executive Producer | - | 2001 |
33% |
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Just Visiting | Screenwriter | $4.8M | 2001 |
44% |
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Reach the Rock |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$5.0K | 1998 |
35% |
|
Home Alone 3 |
Writer, Producer |
$30.7M | 1997 |
24% |
|
Flubber |
Writer, Producer |
$93.0M | 1997 |
39% |
|
101 Dalmatians |
Writer, Producer |
$136.2M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What I Have Written |
Director, Producer |
- | 1995 |
60% |
|
Miracle on 34th Street |
Writer, Producer |
$17.2M | 1994 |
24% |
|
Baby's Day Out |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$16.6M | 1994 |
27% |
|
Dennis the Menace |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$50.2M | 1993 |
31% |
|
Beethoven | Writer | $56.5M | 1992 |
35% |
|
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
Writer, Producer |
$172.7M | 1992 |
17% |
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Dutch | Producer | $4.2M | 1991 |
65% |
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Only the Lonely | Producer | $19.9M | 1991 |
42% |
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Career Opportunities | Screenwriter | $11.0M | 1991 |
13% |
|
Curly Sue |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$29.7M | 1991 |
66% |
|
Home Alone |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$281.5M | 1990 |
70% |
|
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
Writer, Producer |
$70.0M | 1989 |
62% |
|
Uncle Buck |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
$63.9M | 1989 |
44% |
|
She's Having a Baby |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$14.4M | 1988 |
40% |
|
The Great Outdoors | Screenwriter | $37.3M | 1988 |
76% |
|
Some Kind of Wonderful |
Producer, Screenwriter |
$17.1M | 1987 |
92% |
|
Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$48.2M | 1987 |
83% |
|
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$69.0M | 1986 |
75% |
|
Pretty in Pink |
Writer, Producer |
$521.0K | 1986 |
89% |
|
The Breakfast Club |
Director, Producer, Writer |
- | 1985 |
60% |
|
Weird Science |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1985 |
37% |
|
National Lampoon's European Vacation | Writer | - | 1985 |
81% |
|
Sixteen Candles |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1984 |
0% |
|
Nate and Hayes | Screenwriter | - | 1983 |
94% |
|
National Lampoon's Vacation | Writer | - | 1983 |
77% |
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Mr. Mom | Screenwriter | - | 1983 |
0% |
|
National Lampoon's Class Reunion |
Producer, Writer |
- | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughters Courageous | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kid From Kokomo | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dinky | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet |
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The Big Shakedown | Art Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet |
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Sherlock Holmes | Art Director | - | 1932 |