John Hughes: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Edmond Dantès • John Wilden Hughes, Jr.
Born	February 18, 1950 • Lansing • Michigan
Died	August 6, 2009 (aged 59) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” • “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” • “Sixteen Candles” • “The Breakfast Club”

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Publicity still from The Breakfast Club showing Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Anthony Michael Hall sitting on a library table.

James Spader as Steff leans against a pink car, talking to a woman in a hat and skirt, in a scene from the film Pretty in Pink, with a school building in the background.

Matthew Broderick stands center stage singing with arm raised on a parade float, surrounded by dancers and American flags, in a scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin stands by a decorated Christmas tree holding a toy, while Joe Pesci's character peers through the window from outside in a scene from Home Alone.

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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.

Martin Scorsese

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.

Billy Wilder

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Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.

Francis Ford Coppola

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American director Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

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Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.

Mel Brooks

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Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.

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George Lucas wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt, standing in front of a dark backdrop at the 2017 LACMA Art Film Gala in Los Angeles.

George Lucas

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Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.

Ben Affleck

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Ryan Murphy in a patterned green tuxedo holds an Emmy Award trophy while standing in front of a black backdrop with the word Emmy visible.

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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

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Pakula, Alan J.

Alan J. Pakula

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Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.

Barbra Streisand

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Spike Lee wearing a suit, tie, and tortoiseshell glasses at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Spike Lee

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Film director Darren Aronofsky wearing a green sweater, blue cap, glasses, and headphones around his neck on a city street set in New York City.

Darren Aronofsky

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Mike White

Mike White

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