John Hughesthe Auteur

By Angela Bauza

John Hughes

• Born: February 18, 1950, Lansing• Spouse: Nancy Ludwig (m. 1970–2009)• Awards: Australian Film Institute Open Craft Award• John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009)

was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed or scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon's Vacation , Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful,Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains and Automobiles , Uncle Buck, Home Alone, and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York .

John Hughes

• He is known as the king of teen movies as well as helping launch the careers of actors including Michael Keaton, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Bill Paxton, Matthew Broderick, Macaulay Culkin, John Candy, and the up-and-coming actors collectively nicknamed the Brat Pack.

The Inventor of a Generation

• When we think about the 80s we think about he “Brat Pack” we think about the movies that have lived through time and the director that gave them life.

• John Hughes• ^ Dean Goodman; Bob Tourtellotte

and Peter Cooney (Aug 6, 2009). ""Brat Pack" director John Hughes dies of a heart attack". Reuters.

Live on Breakfast Club

• Though his movies were more mainstream than underground, they had a type of style that lives not only in the youth of the 80s but also in generations of teens today. The movie “Breakfast club has been re-made in almost all popular teen Television

• Boy Meets World• Dawson’s Creek• Gossip Girl• One Tree Hill• Vampire Diaries • Victorious • Community• Degrassi • Are just to name a few…

Victorious

Community

Director

Director of Films • Curly Sue• Uncle Buck• She’s Having my Baby• Planes, Trains &

Automobiles• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off • Weird Science• The Breakfast Club • Sixteen Candles

• Mr. Hughes was also busy as a producer, a screenwriter and a pop-culture embodiment of the age. Historians of cinema may be slow or begrudging in appreciating his achievement, but if auteur status is conferred by the possession of a recognizable style and set of themes, Mr. Hughes’s place in the pantheon cannot be denied. (Scott)

• http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/movies/08appraisal.html?_r=0

Themes • Teen Cliques • Rich vs. Poor• Popular vs. Nerd• Inventive Language• The melding of worlds• Friendship• Community• Style and music • Fighting genetic destiny

• Fighting genetic destiny

Wrote 44 movies

Homage to John

• Director Will Gluck pays Homage to John Hughes in his movie Easy A.

References• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/?ref_=sr_2^ Goodman, Dean (August 6, 2009).

""Brat Pack" Director John Hughes Dies Of Heart Attack". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-10-15.• ^ "John Hughes Biography (1950-)". Filmreference.com.• ^ a b c d Kamp, David (2010-03). "Sweet Bard of Youth".Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-02-20.• ^ "Molly Ringwald Interviews John Hughes". Seventeen Magazine. Spring 1986. Retrieved

2010-02-25.• ^ Michael Joseph Gross (2004-05-09). "When the Losers Ruled in Teenage Movies".

The New York Times. p. 4. Retrieved 2010-07-21.• ^ a b c d Saperstein, Pat (2009-08-06). "Director John Hughes dies at 59". Variety.• ^ McLellan, Dennis (2009-08-07). "John Hughes dies at 59; writer-director of '80s teen films".

Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-26.• ^ Brady, Celia (August 1990). "Big Baby". Spy: 66–77. Retrieved September 3, 2012.• ^ Diaz, Julio (March 1999). "1999 interview with Hughes". Ink 19.• ^ Goldstein, Patrick (March 24, 2008). "John Hughes's imprint remains. He's still revered in

Hollywood, but whatever happened to the king of the teens?". Los Angeles Times.