John Hughes dies at 59

Born in February of 1950, John Hughes, died while walking in Manhattan from an instant heart attack August 6th 2009. He was 59 years old. Known by his craft in the film-industry, Hughes was an American film director, writer and producer.
He became what we remember of him today as the hit writer/director of the 1980’s with classics such as “Breakfast Club” “Sixteen Candles”, “Pretty in Pink” “Home Alone 1&2″, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” “Ferris Bueller’s Day off”, “National Lampoons Vacation” and many more.

Hughes dropped out of the University of Arizona in 1970 to begin his career as an advertising copywriter in Chicago.
His first attempt at comedy writings was selling jokes to well- established performers such as Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers.
This landed him a spot for the National Lampoons Magazine from where his first credited screenplay developed, called Class Reunion, that was picked up and directed by Michael Miller. The film became a huge flop at the box office which pushed Hughes to what led him to his fame today- he wrote and directed “Sixteen Candles” which opened the door of a series of feature films plotting around the mid-class high schoolers’ lives’, the problems and dramas of a teenager.

Hughes branched out away from teen comedies in 1987 with the development of “Planes Trains and Automobiles” starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

John Hughes has been a great inspiration for many in the film industry including Wes Anderson(Rushmore, Bottle Rocket) and Kevin Smith(Clerks)
RIP!