1984-87, John Hughes directed 5 movies: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, & Planes, Trains and Automobiles. He directed 3 more before 1991 and then retired from direction altogether.

John Hughes had his hands on a ton of movies, mainly as a writer (National Lampoon Vacation / European Vacation, Mr Mom, Pretty in Pink, Home Alone 1-2-3).

But his directing career was relatively short. He had an incredibly productive burst of output 1984-1987, and then completed 3 more movies: She's Having A Baby, Uncle Buck, and Curly Sue.

Uncle Buck succeeds primarily thanks to John Candy's performance, but the other two are a step below his work IMHO.

Directing is hard work -- lots of location work, deadlines, budgets, casting, pressure of managing a crew of 100+ people.

But given he was directing movies for only ~ 8 years, his productivity has to be considered some of the greatest in Hollywood history.

Submitted April 02, 2019 at 07:18PM by dbcanuck https://ift.tt/2FSbQbC