john hughes

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker and producer. He is best known for writing, producing, and directing such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Uncle Buck, and writing Pretty in Pink and Home Alone.
Most of Hughes's works were set in Chicago. His films often combine slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments. Actors whose careers Hughes helped launch include John Candy, Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Anthony Michael Hall, and Macaulay Culkin. Hughes has since been considered an icon defining the 1980s with his coming-of-age stories, capturing the teenage experience and shaping the teen movie genre.

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