FILM DIRECTOR

John Hughes

1950 - 2009

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John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker and producer. He is best known for writing, producing, and directing such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Uncle Buck, and writing Pretty in Pink and Home Alone. Most of Hughes's works were set in Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hughes is the 328th most popular film director (up from 472nd in 2019), the 2,492nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,011th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Hughes ranks 328 out of 2,041. Before him are Krzysztof Zanussi, Germaine Dulac, George Roy Hill, Steve McQueen, Richard Fleischer, and Alain Tanner. After him are Marc Allégret, Chen Kaige, Joseph Losey, Norman Jewison, Steven Soderbergh, and Luigi Comencini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, John Hughes ranks 113. Before him are Seiichi Sakiya, Mithun Chakraborty, Hafiz Saeed, Ken Kutaragi, Tomomi Seo, and Ubaldo Fillol. After him are James Rothman, Javier Clemente, Googoosh, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Eric Carr, and Miho Kaneda. Among people deceased in 2009, John Hughes ranks 77. Before him are G. A. Cohen, Feroz Khan, Achille Compagnoni, Irving Penn, Pat Hingle, and Ryuzo Hiraki. After him are Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Lucian Pulvermacher, Arne Næss, Qian Xuesen, and Edward T. Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hughes ranks 2,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Anthony (1968), Don Rosa (1951), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), Paul Bowles (1910), and Dan White (1946). After him are Mike Dunleavy (1961), Sundance Kid (1867), William H. Seward (1801), Justin Timberlake (1981), Curtis LeMay (1906), and Patricia Cornwell (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Hughes ranks 94. Before him are Paul Schrader (1946), John G. Avildsen (1935), King Vidor (1894), Billy Hayes (1947), George Roy Hill (1921), and Richard Fleischer (1916). After him are Joseph Losey (1909), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Tex Avery (1908), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Ub Iwerks (1901), and Jim Henson (1936).

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