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One of the most successful directors of the 1980’s and easily the most well-known of teenage comedies was director, writer, and producer John Hughes. Hughes was born on February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan. At age 13, he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, a city that would later play a significant role in his films.
CRITICAL OVERVIEW: As a writer, director and producer mainly in creative documentary, John Hughes’ work is usually Australian in orientation, examining art, cultural politics and history. The work begins with engagement in the social world, and is driven by creative exploration. His film work since the late 1970s includes periods of teaching ...
Nov 2, 2021 · John Hughes wrote the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street starring Richard Attenborough, and it marked a different kind of film for Hughes in many ways. As a direct remake of the original, the story follows a kindly elderly man named Kris Kringle who walks around claiming to be Santa Claus—which ends up turning into a court case as those who believe in him desperately try to prove that he really is Santa Claus.
May 26, 2024 · Ascending to prominence throughout the 1980s, John Hughes is widely considered to be the greatest teen comedy/drama movie director of his era. Turning in several of the greatest movies of the '80s, the writer and director has one of the strongest legacies in cinema, and his films continue to resonate today.
Aug 6, 2009 · Writer-Director John Hughes Dies at 59. Arts Aug 6, 2009 6:43 PM EDT. American film director and writer John Hughes died Thursday of a heart attack, his spokeswoman said. He was 59. According to a ...
Aug 6, 2009 · August 6, 2009 2:44pm. John Hughes, the Chicago-based filmmaker who redefined the teen movie in the ’80s with his sympathetic comedies about the joys and heartbreak of high school life, died ...
May 19, 2023 · 11 Curly Sue (1991, writer/director/producer) This 1991 comedy was written, directed, and produced by Hughes. Curly Sue would end up being the last film that Hughes would write and direct ...
