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  1. John Wilden Hughes Jr.[2] (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the National Lampoon magazine. He went on in Hollywood to write, produce and direct some of the most successful live-action-comedy films of the ...

  2. Aug 7, 2009 · Aug. 7, 2009 12 AM PT. John Hughes, the influential writer-director who captured the humor and angst of the teen experience, 1980s style, in hit movies such as “Sixteen Candles,” “The ...

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  3. Aug 7, 2009 · Adam Bernstein. John Hughes, the Hollywood director, producer and screenwriter who inspired an entire genre of teenage angst films and comedies about young outcasts, including “The Breakfast ...

  4. Aug 6, 2009 · Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood’s youth impresario of the 1980s and ’90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as “Home Alone,” “The Breakfast Club” and ...

  5. American film director and writer John Hughes died Thursday of heart attack, his spokeswoman said. He was 59. According to a statement from his spokeswoman, Hughes died suddenly while taking a ...

  6. Aug 6, 2009 · ByABC News. August 6, 2009, 5:24 PM. Aug. 7, 2009 -- Many of the actors who rose to fame in John Hughes' movies have begun expressing condolences for the director of iconic 1980s films such as ...

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    John Hughes. John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic adolescent characters.