JOHN HUGHES JUNIOR was an american film director and producer and writer who was responsible for some of the most successful comedies of the 1980s and 1990s. he died today of a heart attack today at age-59 in manhattan new york while visiting family. hughes was a cult classic hero and will be greatly missed for his unique talent for writing about the teenager within all of us. best known for FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF and national lampoons vacation and planes trains and automobiles as well as THE BREAKFAST CLUB and HOME ALONE. plus SIXTEEN CANDLES and PRETTY IN PINK and of course WEIRD SCIENCE and uncle buck !!
john hughes frequently cast actors whom he had worked with on previous movies. for example he cast the late JOHN CANDY in at least 8-different projects. he also recycled molly ringwald and ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL and john kapelos and ALLY SHEEDY and larry hankin and john ashton and william windon and MACAULAY CULKIN and james belushi and some others who appeared in numerous films by hughes.
and heres his filmography:
101 dalmatians, 1996
babys day out, 1994
beethoven, 1992
career opportunities, 1991
curly sue, 1991
dennis the menace, 1993
dutch, 1991
ferris buellers day off, 1986
flubber, 1997
home alone, 1990
home alone 2, 1992
home alone 3, 1997
miracle on 34th street, 1994
mr mom, 1983
nate and hayes, 1983
national lampoons class reunion, 1982
national lampoons vacation, 1983
national lampoons european vacation, 1985
national lampoons christmas vacation, 1989
only the lonely, 1991
planes trains and automobiles, 1987
pretty in pink, 1986
reach the rock, 1998
shes having a baby, 1988
sixteen candles, 1984
some kind of wonderful, 1987
the breakfast club, 1985
the great outdoors, 1988
uncle buck, 1989
weird science, 1985
