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John Hughes
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Hughes, Jr., Edmond Dantes, John Hughes Jr.
American filmmaker (1950–2009)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 411
Top works
- Life 2 with the Spark Platform
- Life 1 with the Spark Platform
- Crossing Borders - Musical Change and Exchange Through Time : Publications of the ICTM Study Group on Music Archaeology, Vol. 2
- Paper Boy to Pulitzer
- Works
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Film & TV
Writing · Lansing, Michigan, USA
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…
Known for
- John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)2025
- BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)2019
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Writer (archive footage)2015
- John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast — Self (archive footage)2012
- The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful — Self (archive footage)2006
- Who Is Ferris Bueller? — Self2006
- The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories — Self (archive footage)2006
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- John Hughes: Time Capsule — Himself1986
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950
- Active to
- 2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25,566
- Total plays
- 114,658
Tags
John Hughes III, is a Chicago, IL based artist/producer/remixer/collaborator, as well as owner of the Hefty Records label and newly built HFT Studio. He has also released music under the alias Slicker. John Hughes' latest album, Reset The Warehouse was released on May 17, 2010 and is available digitally, and on vinyl. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Hughes">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,647x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,720x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,356x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,339x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,859x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Wilden Hughes Jr. , ( 1950-02-18 ) February 18, 1950, Lansing, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- August 6, 2009 (2009-08-06) (aged 59), New York City , U.S.
- Resting place
- Lake Forest Cemetery , U.S.
- Other name
- Edmond Dantès
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Years active
- 1970–2009
- Spouse
- Nancy Ludwig ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 )
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- John Hughes, 1967 HS Yearbook.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-02-18
- date of death
- 2009-08-06
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- John Hughes
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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- John Hughes (filmmaker)
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Article
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Flubber (1997).
Widely considered an icon of the 1980s whose coming-of-age stories captured the teenage experience, Hughes set most of his films in Chicago, where he spent his teenage years. His work often combined slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments.