American director and screenwriter, author of more than two dozen popular comedies. Best known as a screenwriter for the legendary comedy Home Alone.
Biography
Born in 1950 in the capital of the US state of Michigan, Lansing. The only boy among four children. Mother, Marion, was engaged in charity work, father - John, worked in trade. He spent the first 12 years of his life at Gross Point, Michigan.
In 1969, the family moved to Illinois, in the small town of Nozbrook, a suburb of Chicago. While studying at Glenbrook North High School, he became interested in cinema. Hughes later said that he had found an outlet in the films from the difficult situation in the family.
In addition to films, John was interested in music, considered himself a fan of the Beatles.
Career
After being expelled from the University of Arizona, he began to compose comedy reprisals and sell in popular shows. In 1970, he worked as a copywriter at the advertising agency Needham, Harper & Steers. In 1974, begins cooperation with Leo Burnett Worldwide.
During a collaboration with Philip Morris, he met with the management of National Lampoon magazine. Thanks to his acquaintance, a few weeks later he was able to publish one of his stories in this journal. Readers appreciated Hughes' talent, so collaboration with National Lampoon continued. In his works, Hughes humorously described teenage problems.
Hughes wrote the first script for Lampoon. The film, set in this scenario, "Class Reunion" was a commercial disaster.
Hughes' debut work as a director - the teen comedy "Sixteen Candles" - was released in 1984. The film was an exceptional commercial success.
Over the next three years, Hughes wrote the scripts for six teen comedies, all of which were successful with the public.
In 1987, he wrote the script for the comedy disaster film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". The film becomes popular, with it begins the collaboration of Hughes with John Candy, the famous American comedian.
In 1990, the hit hit Home Alone hit the screens. Hughes himself wrote a screenplay about a boy left at home, and was also involved in producing the film. The comedy was an exceptional commercial success and was later recognized by critics as "the best family comedy of all time."
In 1991, he shot the romantic comedy "Curly Sue."
