John Hughes the Auteur By Angela Bauza

John Hughes Born: February 18, 1950, Lansing Spouse: Nancy Ludwig (m. 1970–2009) Awards: Australian Film Institute Open Craft Award John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed or scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful,Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Home Alone, and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.National Lampoon's VacationFerris Bueller's Day OffWeird ScienceThe Breakfast ClubSome Kind of WonderfulSixteen CandlesPretty in PinkPlanes, Trains and AutomobilesUncle BuckHome AloneHome Alone 2: Lost in New York

John Hughes He is known as the king of teen movies as well as helping launch the careers of actors including Michael Keaton, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Bill Paxton, Matthew Broderick, Macaulay Culkin, John Candy, and the up-and-coming actors collectively nicknamed the Brat Pack.

The Inventor of a Generation When we think about the 80s we think about he “Brat Pack” we think about the movies that have lived through time and the director that gave them life. John Hughes ^ Dean Goodman; Bob Tourtellotte and Peter Cooney (Aug 6, 2009). ""Brat Pack" director John Hughes dies of a heart attack". Reuters. ^""Brat Pack" director John Hughes dies of a heart attack"

Live on Breakfast Club Though his movies were more mainstream than underground, they had a type of style that lives not only in the youth of the 80s but also in generations of teens today. The movie “Breakfast club has been re-made in almost all popular teen Television Boy Meets World Dawson’s Creek Gossip Girl One Tree Hill Vampire Diaries Victorious Community Degrassi Are just to name a few…

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Director Director of Films Curly Sue Uncle Buck She’s Having my Baby Planes, Trains & Automobiles Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Weird Science The Breakfast Club Sixteen Candles Mr. Hughes was also busy as a producer, a screenwriter and a pop-culture embodiment of the age. Historians of cinema may be slow or begrudging in appreciating his achievement, but if auteur status is conferred by the possession of a recognizable style and set of themes, Mr. Hughes’s place in the pantheon cannot be denied. (Scott) 9/08/08/movies/08appraisal.h tml?_r=0

Themes Teen Cliques Rich vs. Poor Popular vs. Nerd Inventive Language The melding of worlds Friendship Community Style and music Fighting genetic destiny

Wrote 44 movies

Homage to John Director Will Gluck pays Homage to John Hughes in his movie Easy A.

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