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John Wilden Hughes Jr. [2] (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the National Lampoon magazine.
John Hughes wrote a new five-page ending where Andie and Blane get together instead. This was shot several months after the film wrapped production, and was filmed in one day on a soundstage designed to look like the Los Angeles hotel ballroom where the first ending had been filmed. [17]
Shermer High School is a fictional high school, and the nexus for many of American director John Hughes' films. The Breakfast Club (in an outside shot of the school) [1] and Weird Science (printed on the gym teacher's shirt in the coda) [2] [3] explicitly reference it by name.
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie [4] [5] teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes.It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.
John Abendshien said of writer Hughes, "John Hughes had a real interest in filming in community settings. He, I understand, grew up in the North Shore, and really wanted his sets and backgrounds ...
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall.Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it was the first in a string of films Hughes would direct, centering on teenage life.
Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus, and written and produced by John Hughes.The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year old boy who defends his Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leave him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes.The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck, with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Lyman Ward, and Charlie Sheen.