Director
John Hughes
76 years · Lansing, Michigan, USA · 39 films
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He directed and scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 90s, 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 3. Hughes' movies often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.
Best known for
Home Alone
1990 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
The Breakfast Club
1985 · Brian’s Father (uncredited), Director
On Hulu
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited), Director
On Kanopy
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Home Alone 3
1997 · Producer, Writer
On Disney Plus
Filmography 39
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
On Amazon Prime Video
BRATS
2024 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Hulu
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 · Screenplay
On Disney Plus
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
On Kanopy
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006 · Self
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Just Visiting
2001 · Screenplay
On Hoopla
Reach the Rock
1998 · Writer, Producer
Home Alone 3
1997 · Producer, Writer
On Disney Plus
Flubber
1997 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Jack
1996 · Producer
On Disney Plus
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Baby's Day Out
1994 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Screenplay, Producer
On Hoopla
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
Beethoven
1992 · Writer
Curly Sue
1991 · Director, Screenplay
On Hoopla
Dutch
1991 · Writer, Producer
Only the Lonely
1991 · Producer
Career Opportunities
1991 · Writer, Producer
Home Alone
1990 · Screenplay, Producer
On Disney Plus
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · Screenplay, Producer
On Plex