John Hughes

Writer, Producer, Director (and occasional Actor) John Hughes died at the age of 59 on August 6, 2009. Hughes reportedly suffered a heart attack while walking in New York City, where he was visiting family.http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dies/ Hughes' funeral was kept low profile and took place in Chicago, Illinois on August 11.http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/12/entertainment/et-hughes12 Following his death, the young adult drama One Tree Hill paid their respects in a special 80's retro edition episode - which was called "Don't you forget about me".http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/one-tree-hill-pays-tribute-to-john-hughes

Hughes is credited with writing, directing and producing numerous popular teen-flicks of the 1980's including Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. John Hughes films tended to work across a number of genres, most typically Comedy, Drama, Romance and Family.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/

Hughes started his career as a writer. His first involvement in writing for the screen was writing five episodes of the 1979 TV series, Delta House. Hughes first film as a Director was Sixteen Candles, which was made in 1984, Hughes was also the writer for the film. Hughes was also a Producer. His first producing role was for the 1986 film "Pretty in Pink".

Hughes also had a special working relationship with actor John Candy who starred in eight of his films between 1983 and 1991.

On March 7, 2010 there was a tribute to John Hughes at the 82nd Academy Awards. This was announced by Matthew Broderick and Molly Ringwald. Broderick had starred in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Ringwald had starred in several of Hughes' films including "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club". http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/03/07/oscars-2010-academy-awards-live-blog/ After an initial tribute there was a montage of John Hughes films displayed on the screen.

• Delta House (1979), Writer
• National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982), Writer
• At Ease (1983), Writer
• Mr. Mom (1983), Writer
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Writer
• Nate and Hayes (1983), Writer
• Sixteen Candles (1984), Writer and Director
• The Breakfast Club (1985), Writer and Director
• Weird Science (1985), Writer and Director
• National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Co-writer
• Pretty in Pink (1986), Writer and Executive Producer
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Writer, Co-Producer and Director
• Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Writer and Producer
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Writer, Producer and Director
• She's Having a Baby (1988), Writer, Co-Producer and Director
• The Great Outdoors (1988), Writer and Producer
• Uncle Buck (1989), Writer, Co-Producer and Director
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Writer, Co-Producer and Director
• Home Alone (1990), Writer and Producer
• Career Opportunities (1991), Writer and Co-Producer
• Only the Lonely (1991), Producer
• Dutch (1991), Writer
• Curly Sue (1991), Writer, Producer and Director
• Beethoven (1992), Co-writer (under the name Edmund Dantes)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Writer and Producer
• Dennis the Menace (1993), Writer and Producer
• Baby's Day Out (1994), Writer and Co-Producer
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Writer and Producer
• 101 Dalmatians (1996), Writer and Producer
• Flubber (1997), Writer and Producer
• Home Alone 3 (1997), Writer and Producer
• Reach the Rock (1998) , Writer and Producer
• Just Visiting (2001), Co-Writer
• New Port South (2001), Producer
• Maid in Manhattan (2002), Writer (under the name Edmund Dantes)
• Drillbit Taylor (2008), Writer (under the name Edmund Dantes)