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  1. Apr 24, 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 on...

  4. Aug 6, 2009 · John Hughes, one of Hollywood's most successful directors and screen writers, whose movies during the 1980s helped to define that era and became cultural touchstones, has died at age 59.

  5. Aug 6, 2009 · 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Aug 6, 2009 · The creator of the modern American teenager film, who died Thursday in New York, made a group of films that are still watched and quoted today. Hughes, who was 59, died of a heart attack during an early-morning walk while visiting family in New York City, his publicist said.

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