John Hughes
Biography
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.
Known For

The Movies That Made Us

The Breakfast Club

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

John Candy: I Like Me

E! True Hollywood Story

BRATS

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Who Is Ferris Bueller?
All Movies (11)
- John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
- BRATS2024 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast2012 · as Self (archive footage)
- Who Is Ferris Bueller?2006 · as Self
- The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories2006 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful2006 · as Self (archive footage)
- John Hughes: Time Capsule1986 · as Himself
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986 · as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
- The Breakfast Club1985 · as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
- Untitled John Hughes Documentary— · as Self (archive footage)
All TV Shows (2)
- The Movies That Made Us2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- E! True Hollywood Story1996