John Hughes directed and wrote: Sixteen Candles (1984); Weird Science (1985); The Breakfast Club (1985); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) She's Having a Baby (1988); Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987); Curly Sue (1991).
He wrote: National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982); National Lampoon's Vacation (1983); Nate and Hayes (1983); Mr. Mom (1983); National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985); Pretty in Pink (1986); Some Kind of Wonderful (1987); The Great Outdoors (1988); National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989); Home Alone (1990); Dutch (1991); Career Opportunities (1991); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992);
Dennis the Menace (1993); Miracle on 34th Street (1994);
Baby's Day Out (1994); 101 Dalmatians (1996); Home Alone 3 (1997); Flubber (1997); Reach the Rock (1998); The Visitors (2000).
He produced Only the Lonely (1991).
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Various writers reflect on the films of John Hughes, and remember what they evoked of their own teenage years
Remembrance and tribute playlist of music featured in the films of John Hughes, by Matt Graves.
Obituary of the man whose career began as an advertising copywriter in Chicago, going on to become an internationally-known screenwriter, producer and director.
Obituary and guest book for John Hughes, providing online condolences and tributes.
Online talk show episodes (two parts) about the films of John Hughes.
Fansite welcoming comments, memories and photos.
Collected news articles and photos of John Hughes and his films.
Profile and filmography as writer, director, producer and actor.
Obituary by Dennis McClellan.
Provides biography, obituary and guestbook.
Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photographs, multimedia and selected web resources about the film writer, director and producer.
"In memory of Hughes and in honor of his still highly popular oeuvre, we pay tribute with these YouTube scenes."
Profile of screenwriter, director and producer John Hughes includes filmography, photo galleries, and tomatometer lists and graphs.
Hank Stuever's remembrance of John Hughes and his films about teenagers. Includes related articles, Jen Chaney's Q&A with pen pal Alison Byrne Fields, photos and forum.
Blog entry by Alison Byrne Fields about John Hughes and their two year pen-pal relationship when she was a teenager.
Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the writer, director and producer perhaps best known as the 'teen movie king' and the writer and producer of Home Alone.
Clips from a collection of films by John Hughes, set to 'Baba O'Riley' (Teenage Wasteland).
Tribute film made at the height of John Hughes's career when he was named 1991 Producer of the Year by the National Association of Movie Theater Owners.
Video of the Oscar tribute to John Hughes presented by the iconic actors in his films.
(March 07, 2010)
Susannah Gora, author of a book about John Hughes, provides a few of the reasons the late writer/producer/director inspired a touching Oscars tribute.
(March 07, 2010)
Talking to the late John Hughes’s sons and Brat Pack favorites, David Kamp finds the writer-director was an amalgam of all his now classic characters.
(March 01, 2010)
John Hughes captured "an adolescence to be learned from instead of suffered through and forgotten, where parents and their teenagers tried to do right, even though they couldn't always do good, and, in the end, understood that We Are Not Alone."
(August 18, 2009)
Robert Nolan, retired Vice Chairman of Creative Services at Leo Burnett, reminisces about the years when the filmmaker worked for him.
(August 11, 2009)
Alec Baldwin's remembrance of filmmaker John Hughes, especially his enthusiasm about his work and his humor.
(August 08, 2009)
A look at some of John Hughes' best-loved movies, which have endured as cult classics. Includes link to his obituary.
(August 07, 2009)
BBC 5 interview with Alison Byrne Fields about her blog describing her two-year pen pal relationship with filmmaker John Hughes.
(August 07, 2009)
Film critic Roger Ebert remembers John Hughes and the international popularity of his films.
(August 06, 2009)
"A great teen movie needs a soundtrack. Youth is captured better in song than on film, and behind every brain, athlete, basket case, princess or a criminal is a score. John Hughes knew how to find it."
(August 06, 2009)
In this exclusive clip from the American Film Institute Archive, Director John Hughes tells an audience of AFI Conservatory Fellows how he cast some key roles in the 1980s classic. (2:05)
(May 01, 1985)
Part 1 of the podcast of a 1985 interview and Q&A with John Hughes, from the American Film Institute's Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series.
(May 01, 1985)
Part 2 of the podcast of a 1985 interview and Q&A with John Hughes, from the American Film Institute's Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series.
(May 01, 1985)
Remembrance and tribute playlist of music featured in the films of John Hughes, by Matt Graves.
Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photographs, multimedia and selected web resources about the film writer, director and producer.
Obituary and guest book for John Hughes, providing online condolences and tributes.
Fansite welcoming comments, memories and photos.
Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the writer, director and producer perhaps best known as the 'teen movie king' and the writer and producer of Home Alone.
Provides biography, obituary and guestbook.
"In memory of Hughes and in honor of his still highly popular oeuvre, we pay tribute with these YouTube scenes."
Obituary of the man whose career began as an advertising copywriter in Chicago, going on to become an internationally-known screenwriter, producer and director.
Various writers reflect on the films of John Hughes, and remember what they evoked of their own teenage years
Obituary by Dennis McClellan.
Collected news articles and photos of John Hughes and his films.
Blog entry by Alison Byrne Fields about John Hughes and their two year pen-pal relationship when she was a teenager.
Profile of screenwriter, director and producer John Hughes includes filmography, photo galleries, and tomatometer lists and graphs.
Hank Stuever's remembrance of John Hughes and his films about teenagers. Includes related articles, Jen Chaney's Q&A with pen pal Alison Byrne Fields, photos and forum.
Tribute film made at the height of John Hughes's career when he was named 1991 Producer of the Year by the National Association of Movie Theater Owners.
Online talk show episodes (two parts) about the films of John Hughes.
Clips from a collection of films by John Hughes, set to 'Baba O'Riley' (Teenage Wasteland).
Profile and filmography as writer, director, producer and actor.
Video of the Oscar tribute to John Hughes presented by the iconic actors in his films.
(March 07, 2010)
Susannah Gora, author of a book about John Hughes, provides a few of the reasons the late writer/producer/director inspired a touching Oscars tribute.
(March 07, 2010)
Talking to the late John Hughes’s sons and Brat Pack favorites, David Kamp finds the writer-director was an amalgam of all his now classic characters.
(March 01, 2010)
John Hughes captured "an adolescence to be learned from instead of suffered through and forgotten, where parents and their teenagers tried to do right, even though they couldn't always do good, and, in the end, understood that We Are Not Alone."
(August 18, 2009)
Robert Nolan, retired Vice Chairman of Creative Services at Leo Burnett, reminisces about the years when the filmmaker worked for him.
(August 11, 2009)
Alec Baldwin's remembrance of filmmaker John Hughes, especially his enthusiasm about his work and his humor.
(August 08, 2009)
BBC 5 interview with Alison Byrne Fields about her blog describing her two-year pen pal relationship with filmmaker John Hughes.
(August 07, 2009)
A look at some of John Hughes' best-loved movies, which have endured as cult classics. Includes link to his obituary.
(August 07, 2009)
Film critic Roger Ebert remembers John Hughes and the international popularity of his films.
(August 06, 2009)
"A great teen movie needs a soundtrack. Youth is captured better in song than on film, and behind every brain, athlete, basket case, princess or a criminal is a score. John Hughes knew how to find it."
(August 06, 2009)
Part 2 of the podcast of a 1985 interview and Q&A with John Hughes, from the American Film Institute's Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series.
(May 01, 1985)
Part 1 of the podcast of a 1985 interview and Q&A with John Hughes, from the American Film Institute's Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series.
(May 01, 1985)
In this exclusive clip from the American Film Institute Archive, Director John Hughes tells an audience of AFI Conservatory Fellows how he cast some key roles in the 1980s classic. (2:05)
(May 01, 1985)
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