# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hughes-q311263
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:05:01.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hughes-q311263"
name: "John Hughes"
slug: "john-hughes-q311263"
description: "John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Home Alone (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Flubber (1997)."
tagline: "American filmmaker (1950–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Hughes%2C_1967_HS_Yearbook.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-02-18"
deathDate: "2009-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.62
  momentum:             10
  historical:           24.97258933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0000455"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Djon Xyuz (kinorejissyor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump