John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s such as National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and its sequels National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Mr. Mom (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Weird Science (1985), The Breakfast Club (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Pretty in Pink (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), She's Having a Baby (1988), Uncle Buck (1989), Dutch (1991), Dennis the Menace (1993), Baby's Day Out (1994), the Beethoven franchise and Home Alone (1990) and its sequels Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Alone 3 (1997).
John Hughes
Active - 1982 - 2024 |
Birth - Feb 18, 1950 |
Death - Aug 6, 2009 |
Genres - Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance, Comedy Drama
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Subgenres - Romantic Comedy, Christmas Film, Comedy Drama, Family Film, Teen Film
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Edmond Dantes, John Wilden Hughes Jr.-
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Romantic Comedy, Christmas Film, Comedy Drama, Family Film, Teen Film, High School, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Buddy Film, Teen Comedy, Biographical Film, Black Comedy Film, Chase, Comedy Horror, Historical Film, Ninja Film, Parody Film, Pirate Film, Satire, Science Fiction Comedy, Slasher Film, Teen Drama