John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Hughes | |
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| Born | John Wilden Hughes Jr. February 18, 1950 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | August 6, 2009 (aged 59) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lake Forest Cemetery |
| Other names | Edmond Dantès |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1970–2009 |
| Spouse |
Nancy Ludwig (m. 1970) |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Parent | John Hughes Sr. (father) Elizabeth Thorne (mother) |
| Relatives | Tamara Thorne (sister) |
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, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Career Opportunities, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Beethoven, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Dennis the Menace, Baby's Day Out, Miracle of 34th Street, Lovers in Las Vegas, 101 Dalmatians, Flubber, Home Alone 3, Just Visiting, Maid in Manhattan and Drillbit Taylor.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kamp, David (March 2010). "Sweet Bard of Youth". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
Other websites
[change | change source]- John Hughes on IMDb
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