John Hughes: Director of The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off

John Hughes was an American filmmaker. Born on February 18, 1950, in Lansing, Michigan, he moved to the Chicago suburbs and wrote for National Lampoon.

He wrote and directed teen comedies that defined a generation, including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He wrote Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Home Alone and its sequels. He also directed Weird Science and Uncle Buck.

He withdrew from filmmaking in the 1990s and moved to Illinois. Hughes died of a heart attack while walking in Manhattan on August 6, 2009, at age 59.

Achievements: Writer-director of The Breakfast Club and Home Alone.

Birth: February 18, 1950 - Lansing, Michigan.

Profession: Filmmaker.

Interesting Facts: He often set his films in the Chicago suburbs.