Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
John Hughes
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 53Series: 2Crew credits: 47
TMDB ID: 11505
IMDb ID: nm0000455
Known for: Directing
Born: February 18, 1950
Died: August 6, 2009
Age: 59
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.31
Wikidata: Q311263
Also known as
Edmond Dantès • Edmond Dantes • John Wilden Hughes Jr.
Other jobs
Screenplay (9)Producer (8)Writer (8)Characters (7)Director (6)Executive Producer (3)Story (3)Co-Writer (1)
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 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; 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Hughes.
as Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
2024 • Movie
Story
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 • Movie
Characters
Vacation
2015 • Movie
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 • Movie
Characters
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012 • Movie
Story
Drillbit Taylor
2008 • Movie
as Self
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006 • Movie
Characters
Beethoven's 5th
2003 • Movie
Story
Maid in Manhattan
2002 • Movie
Characters
Home Alone 4
2002 • Movie
Characters
Beethoven's 4th
2001 • Movie
Executive Producer
New Port South
2001 • Movie
Screenplay
Just Visiting
2001 • Movie
Characters
Beethoven's 3rd
2000 • Movie
Writer
Reach the Rock
1998 • Movie
Producer
Home Alone 3
1997 • Movie
Producer
Flubber
1997 • Movie
Screenplay
101 Dalmatians
1996 • Movie
Producer
Jack
1996 • Movie
Thanks
Mallrats
1995 • Movie
Producer
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Hughes.
