Actor
John Hughes
Born 1950 · 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.
Directed
Acting
The Breakfast Club
Brian’s Father (uncredited) · 1985
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited) · 1986
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage) · 2025
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage) · 2019
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Writer (archive footage) · 2015
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2024
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
Self · 2006
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
Self (archive footage) · 2006
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Self (archive footage) · 2012
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
Self (archive footage) · 2006
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
Self (archive footage)
John Hughes: Time Capsule
Himself · 1986
Writing
Home Alone
Screenplay · 1990
The Breakfast Club
Writer · 1985
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Writer · 1986
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Screenplay · 1992
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Screenplay · 1989
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Screenplay · 1987
National Lampoon's Vacation
Screenplay · 1983
Vacation
Characters · 2015
Sixteen Candles
Writer · 1984
Uncle Buck
Writer · 1989
101 Dalmatians
Screenplay · 1996
Weird Science
Screenplay · 1985