John Hughes

John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American film producer, director and screenwriter. He was well known for directing several films such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles. He also wrote and produced National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, the Home Alone ''films. He also produced a few films under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes including the Beethoven franchise, Maid in Manhattan and Drillbit Taylor (his final project). 

For Disney, he wrote and produced the 1996 live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians and the 1997 comedy Flubber (both of which were distributed by his short-lived company Great Oaks Entertainment).

Hughes passed on August 6, 2009 from a sudden heart attack. He was 59 years old.