John Hughes
Directing
13
Acting Credits
8
Directed
Biography
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 com...
Known For
Film '72
Self
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Brian’s Father (uncredited)
The Breakfast Club
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006
as Self
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006
as Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
John Hughes: Time Capsule
1986
as Himself
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
as Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
The Breakfast Club
1985
as Brian’s Father (uncredited)
Film '72
1971
as Self