Writing • AGE 59
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 ...


John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Writer, Director & Producer (archive footage)
2025

BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024

Home Sweet Home Alone
Story
2021

The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2019

Vacation
Characters
2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2015

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Characters
2012

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Self (archive footage)
2012

Drillbit Taylor
Story
2008

Who Is Ferris Bueller?
Self
2006

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
Self (archive footage)
2006

Beethoven's 5th
Characters
2003

Maid in Manhattan
Story
2002

Home Alone 4
Characters
2002

Beethoven's 4th
Characters
2001

New Port South
Executive Producer
2001

Just Visiting
Screenplay
2001

Beethoven's 3rd
Characters
2000

Reach the Rock
Writer
1998

Home Alone 3
Producer
1997

Flubber
Producer
1997

101 Dalmatians
Screenplay
1996

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Jack
Producer
1996

Mallrats
Thanks
1995

Miracle on 34th Street
Producer
1994

Baby's Day Out
Screenplay
1994

Beethoven's 2nd
Characters
1993

Dennis the Menace
Screenplay
1993

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Producer
1992

Beethoven
Writer
1992

Curly Sue
Producer
1991

Dutch
Writer
1991

Only the Lonely
Producer
1991

Career Opportunities
Writer
1991

Home Alone
Screenplay
1990

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Screenplay
1989

Uncle Buck
Director
1989

The Great Outdoors
Writer
1988

She's Having a Baby
Director
1988

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Screenplay
1987

Some Kind of Wonderful
Producer
1987

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Guy Running Between Cabs (uncredited)
1986

Pretty in Pink
Executive Producer
1986

Weird Science
Director
1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation
Screenplay
1985

The Breakfast Club
Brian’s Father (uncredited)
1985

Sixteen Candles
Director
1984

Nate and Hayes
Writer
1983

National Lampoon's Vacation
Screenplay
1983

Mr. Mom
Writer
1983

Class Reunion
Writer
1982

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Co-Writer
1980

Sam and Victor's Day Off
Original Film Writer