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He started as a writer for National Lampoon Magazine, and was one of the key developers of ''Delta House'', the TV spinoff of ''[[Animal House]]''. His first big successes as a screenwriter (the year before ''Sixteen Candles'') were ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'' and ''Mr. Mom''. After ''Ferris Bueller'', he directed ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'', ''She's Having a Baby'', ''[[Uncle Buck]]'', and ''[[Curly Sue]]'', and wrote and produced ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'', the ''Lampoon's Vacation'' sequel entitled ''Christmas Vacation'', and the first three ''[[Home Alone]]'' movies. (He also produced ''Only The Lonely'' for writer-director (and ''[[Home Alone]]'' (and its sequel) director) [[Chris Columbus]], one of only two films he produced that he didn't write - the other was ''New Port South'', written and directed by his son James.)
During the 1990s, he somehow ended up writing and producing a string of more family-oriented comedies, including the live-action versions of ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'' and ''[[Dennis the Menace
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* ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'' (1987)
* ''She's Having
* ''[[Uncle Buck]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Curly Sue]]'' (1991) - this was his final film as a director.
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