John Hughes (filmmaker)

John Hughes ( born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan; † August 6, 2009 in New York City ) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Life and achievements

Hughes graduated in 1968, the Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. He worked in the 1970s as a writer for the magazine National Lampoon. His first work for the film industry was the script of the film comedy I think ' my straps Sparks SOS from the year 1982.

Hughes wrote the screenplays of comedy with Chevy Chase and Beverly D' Angelo: The Lampoon's Vacation (1983 ), European Vacation (1985 ) and National Lampoon (1989). The third film in this series, he also served as producer. In the comedy A Ticket for Two (1987 ) with Steve Martin and John Candy, he worked as a director, screenwriter and producer. In the comedies Kevin - Home Alone (1990) and Kevin - Alone in New York ( 1992) with Macaulay Culkin, he participated as a screenwriter and producer.

The movie The Breakfast Club from 1985 - in which Hughes worked as a director, producer and screenwriter - is one of those films of the 1980s, whose performers were called Brat Pack.

As a screenwriter, Hughes used the pseudonym Edmond Dantès occasionally (main character in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ).

Hughes was in 1970 with his wife Nancy, whom he had known since his school days, married. With her he had two sons. He lived in the Chicago area, most recently in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. His son, John Hughes III works as a musician, while James tried his hand as a screenwriter and producer.

Hughes died in August 2009 at the age of 59 years in Manhattan, New York, of a heart attack.

Filmography (selection)

As a director

As a producer

As Writer