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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. John Hughes. Writer: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic adolescent characters. In 1950, Hughes was ...

  4. Jan 17, 2023 · In the 1980s, filmmaker John Hughes completely transformed how we tell stories about teenagers on-screen. Oh, to be a teenager. That near decade in which we are supposed to do so much, including ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Feb 17, 2017 · The Breakfast Club (1985) By Nikki Baughan. Lists. Born on 18 February 1950 in Lansing, Michigan, John Hughes became an influential producer, writer and director, and the driving force behind the teen-comedy boom of the mid-1980s. With a light touch and sharp eye, Hughes wrote and directed colourful films that both celebrated and dissected the ...