John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed or 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 Pink, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Beethoven, Uncle Buck, Career Opportunities, 101 Dalmatians, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Home Alone 3.
He is known as the king of teen movies as well as helping launch the careers of actors including Michael Keaton, Bill Paxton, Matthew Broderick, John Candy, Molly Ringwald, and the up-and-coming actors collectively nicknamed the Brat Pack.
Read more about John Hughes (filmmaker): Early Life, Career, Trademark Characteristics in Hughes' Movies, Death, Filmography, Frequent Casting, Books, Don't You Forget About Me
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