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  1. Aug 6, 2009 · Roger Ebert August 06, 2009. Tweet. John Hughes, 1950-2009. Few directors have left a more distinctive or influential body of work than John Hughes. The creator of the modern American teenager film, who died Thursday in New York, made a group of films that are still watched and quoted today. Hughes, who was 59, died of a heart attack during an ...

  2. Mar 3, 2016 · The Beginner’s Guide: John Hughes, Director. March 3, 2016. Lauren Fraser. Lauren is 20 years old and is a Multimedia Journalism…. Accurately reflecting teenage experience in film is no mean feat, and there aren’t many filmmakers to achieve it like John Hughes. Born in Michigan in 1950, Hughes described himself as a “quiet kid” who ...

  3. John Hughes (filmmaker) John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He was born in Lansing, Michigan. He grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York City . Hughes' movies include: National Lampoon's Vacation ...

  4. Jan 26, 2023 · Few auteurs captured the American zeitgeist of the '80s better than the filmmaker behind "The Breakfast Club." Here is the untold truth of John Hughes.

  5. Nov 5, 2021 · John Hughes passed away in 2009 at 59 years of age, but his legacy as a filmmaker continues. Sequels to some of his biggest hits are still being produced (including 2015's "Vacation" and this year ...

  6. Aug 6, 2009 · August 6, 2009 2:44pm. John Hughes, the Chicago-based filmmaker who redefined the teen movie in the ’80s with his sympathetic comedies about the joys and heartbreak of high school life, died ...

  7. Aug 7, 2009 · Filmmaker John Hughes, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 59, captured the teen and preteen market in the 1980s and '90s with movies such as The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.