Task Five: Research on Directors

John Hughes

John Wilden Hughes (February 18, 1950 - August 6th, 2009) was a very successful director, producer and screen writer. Some of the most successful comedies of the 1980's to the early 1990's have been directed and/or scripted by him. One of which being the Coming of Age comedy Sixteen Candles (1984) aswell as The Breakfast Club (1985) and the very famous Coming of Age film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Hughes was very well known for his work on childrens movies and he helped launch the acting careers of Macaulay Culkin (Star of Home Alone) also Michael Keaton (She's Having a Baby)

Richard Ayode

Director of the Coming of Age film Submarine, Richard has many roles in the Film industry. From Acting to being a Comedian, Writing to presenting television shows, Richard is doing it all. Born on the 23 May 1977, he has been active since 1998 in his work. In 2010, Ayoade released his debut directorial feature film, Submarine. This film is a Coming-of-Age comedy-drama film adapted from the 2008 Novel. The film won the 2011 London Awards for Art and Performance and Richard was nominated for the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 65th British Academy Film Awards.

Greg Mottola

 Greg Mottola (born July 11, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter and television director. Mottola directed the popular Coming-Of-Age film Superbad which is a comedy about teenagers leaving high school. This film's box office made $169.9 million! He has also directed the film Paul which will appeal to the teenage audience as it has a lot of comedy aspects which relates to the audience. He also directed Adventureland which is also a Coming-of-Age comedy-drama.

Learners comment

In this study, I have learnt a lot about directors. I have found out that some directors tend to stick to certain genres of films. For example, Richard Ayode tends to stick with more comedy films whereas Steven Spielberg tends to direct more serious films fill of drama and suspence.