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Director

John Hughes

Writing

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6

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 46

TMDB ID: 11505

IMDb ID: nm0000455

Known for: Writing

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: 6.29

Wikidata: Q311263

Also known as

Edmond Dantès • Edmond Dantes • John Wilden Hughes Jr. • जाॅन ह्यूजेस

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Director (6)Screenplay (9)Producer (8)Writer (8)Characters (7)Story (3)Executive Producer (2)Co-Writer (1)Original Film Writer (1)

Biography

John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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 Home Alone 3.

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