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John Hughes
Catalogued films 39Director 8Actor 5
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Flubber (1997). Widely considered an icon of the 1980s whose coming-of-age stories captured the teenage experience, Hughes set most of his films in Chicago, where he spent his teenage years. His work often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.
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Home Sweet Home Alone
Drillbit Taylor
Maid in Manhattan
Just Visiting
Reach the Rock
Home Alone 3
Flubber
101 Dalmatians
Jack
Miracle on 34th Street
Baby's Day Out
Dennis the Menace
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Beethoven
Dutch
Only the Lonely
Career Opportunities
Home Alone
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Great Outdoors
Some Kind of Wonderful
Pretty in Pink
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Mr. Mom
Class Reunion