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  1. John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the National Lampoon magazine.

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000455John Hughes - IMDb

    Writer: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career.

  3. May 2, 2024 · John Hughes (born February 18, 1950, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.—died August 6, 2009, New York, New York) was an American film director, writer, and producer who in the 1980s established the modern American teen movie as a genre. Hughes successfully portrayed the reality of adolescent life while maintaining a funny and lighthearted tone.

  4. A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion. Director John Hughes Stars Steve Martin John Candy Laila Robins. 13. She's Having a Baby. 1988 1h 46m PG-13.

  5. John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic adolescent characters.

  6. Aug 7, 2009 · John Hughes, the influential writer-director who captured the humor and angst of the teen experience, 1980s style, in hit movies such as “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris...

  7. Jan 26, 2023 · Few American film auteurs captured the American zeitgeist of the '80s and early '90s more deftly, astutely, and hilariously than John Hughes.Hughes is perhaps most famous for his empathetic ...

  8. Mar 3, 2016 · Proof that a filmmaker does not have to be adorned in accolades to be treasured, John Hughes has helped generations of young people over the world face the difficulties of growing up. A pioneer of the modern teen film and arguably one of the most prolific mainstream filmmakers of the twentieth century, his work continues to capture the minds of ...

  9. Aug 6, 2009 · Department. John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

  10. Aug 7, 2009 · LOS ANGELES John Hughes, the once-prolific filmmaker whose sweet and sassy comedies like “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club” plumbed the lives of teenagers in the 1980s, died Thursday...

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