John Hughes

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John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950-2009) was an American filmmaker.

Beginning as an author of amusing essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write and direct some of the 1980s and 1990s comedy films, such as National Lampoon's Vacation (1985) and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989); Mr. ; Mother (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1988), There's Day Out (1991), and Home Alone (1990), 1966) and its sequels Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Alone 3 (1997). The bulk of Hughes' work is located in the Chicago metropolitan area.

He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedies, which often mixed magic realism with realistic depictions of suburban teenage life.

Many of his best-known characters from the past were written for Molly Ringwald, Hughes' muse.

Hughes died of a deadly heart attack while out on a walk in New York in the summer of 2009.

Several actors with whom he had worked, including Matthew Broderick, Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Macaulay Culkin among others were lauded for his service after his death, including at the 82nd Academy Awards by actors with whom he had collaborated, including Matthew Broderick, Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Macaulay Culkin.

Michael Keaton, Hall, Bill Paxton, Broderick, Culkin, and members of the Brat Pack company are among the actors whose careers Hughes helped develop.

Early life

Hughes was born in Lansing, Michigan, on February 18, 1950, to Marion Crawford, who worked in charitable work, and John Hughes Sr., who worked in sales. He was the only boy in the family and had three sisters. He lived in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where he was a Detroit Red Wings #9 fan. Howe was a teenager who was a fan of Detroit Red Wings #9. As a youth, Hughes described himself as "kind of quiet."

Hughes' family immigrated to Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 1963. His father discovered work selling roofing products there. Hughes attended Grove Middle School and then went to Glenbrook North High School, which inspired him on the films that later became his fame. In high school, he met Nancy Ludwig, a cheerleader and his future wife. Hughes as a youth, he discovered movies as a way of escape. "His mom and dad both chastised him a lot," Jackson Peterson says, "She [Marion] would be very critical of what John would do." Hughes, a lifelong fan of the Beatles, and according to several people, he knew a lot about movies and the Rat Pack.

Personal life

Nancy Ludwig, a then-20-year-old Hughes's cousin, was married in 1970 by him in high school. John Hughes III (born in 1976) and James Hughes (born in 1979). They were friends before his death in 2009. Nancy Hughes died on September 15, 2019.

Hughes' films, according to Michael Weiss, represented a Reagan Republican worldview. PJ O'Rourke wrote that in reaction to this: "I'Rourke wrote that: "I'Rourke wrote this."

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Career

Hughes began selling jokes to well-known artists, such as Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers, after being dropped out of University of Arizona. In 1970 and later in 1974 at Leo Burnett Worldwide, Hughes used his parody to land an entry-level position at Needham, Harper & Steers as an advertising copywriter. He launched what became the well-known Edge "Credit Card Shaving Test" ad campaign during this period.

Hughes's work on the Virginia Slims account led him to the Philip Morris headquarters in New York City, which allowed him to tour National Lampoon magazine's headquarters. Hughes became a regular contributor soon after; editor P. J. O'Rourke recalled that "John wrote so fast and so well that it was impossible for a monthly magazine to keep up with him." "Vacation '58," one of Hughes' first stories, was inspired by his family's travels as a child, and later became the basis for the film National Lampoon's Vacation. Hughes's early observations on the specific rhythm of teenagerspeak, as well as the numerous indignities of teenage life in general, were among his earlier contributions to the Lampoon.

National Lampoon's Class Reunion, his first credit screenplay, was written when the magazine was still on staff. The resulting film was the flagship's second attempt by the flagship to imitate the runaway success of National Lampoon's Animal House. National Lampoon's Vacation, Hughes' next screenplay for the imprint, will be a big hit in 1983. Mr. Viva, a writer from another Hughes script that year, is part of this. Universal Pictures' three-film contract was won by his mother.

When it was first published in 1984, Hughes' directorial debut, Sixteen Candles, earned almost unanimous praise, partly due to a less realistic representation of high school life, especially in comparison to Porky's-inspired comedies at the time. It was the first in a line of initiatives aimed at teenage life set in or around high school, including The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (see also Brat Pack) and Some Kind of Wonderful.

Hughes, who was previously thought of as a maker of solely teen films, broke out in 1987 by writing, directing, and producing the hit comedy Planes, Trains, and Automobiles starring Steve Martin and John Candy. His later work was not well-received critically, but Uncle Buck and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation were both well-received, as well as films like Uncle Buck and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Curly Sue, 1991, was his last film as a director. By that time, in 1991, John Hughes Entertainment production firm had signed various agreements with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.

Hughes' greatest commercial success came with Home Alone (1990), a film he wrote and directed about a boy who was mistakenly left behind when his family went away for Christmas, requiring him to shield himself and his house from two inept burglars. In just nine days, Hughes completed his first draft of Home Alone. Home Alone was the top-grossing film of 1990, and it remains the most popular live-action family comedy of all time. He appeared in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1992 and Home Alone 3: 1997. The successful Dennis the Menace (1993) and Baby's Day Out (1994) were among the sequel films he wrote and produced during this period, as well as elements of the Home Alone technique.

After the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo, he also wrote screenplays under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes (or Dantès). Maid in Manhattan, Drillbit Taylor, and Beethoven are among the screenplays credited to the Dantes nom de plume.

John Candy, an actor, appeared in many Hughes' films, including National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Planees, Trains, and Automobiles (1991), Only the Lonely (1991).

Hughes and Candy became close friends over the years. Candy's sudden death from a heart attack in 1994 has left Hughes much shaken. "He talked a lot about how much he loved Candy — I think John would have made more films as a director," says Vince Vaughn, a Hughes friend.

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