Stars in tribute to director Hughes

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The youth impresario of the 1980s and 90s, who captured the teenage and pre-teen market with films like Home Alone, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, died during a morning walk in Manhattan.

Actor Matthew Broderick, who worked with Hughes in 1986, said: "I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes - he was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."

Jake Bloom, Hughes' long-time lawyer, said he was "deeply saddened and in shock".

Hughes, a native of Lansing, Michigan, rose from ad writer to silver screen champ with his affectionate and idealised portraits of teenagers.

His ensemble comedies made stars out of Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and many other young performers.

He also scripted the popular Home Alone, which made little-known Macaulay Culkin a sensation, and wrote or directed such hits as National Lampoon's Vacation, Planes, Trains And Automobiles and Uncle Buck.

Culkin said: "The world has lost not only a quintessential filmmaker whose influence will be felt for generations, but a great and decent man."

Devin Ratray, who portrayed Culkin's older brother Buzz McCallister in the Home Alone films, said he remained close to Hughes over the years.

"He changed my life forever," Ratray said. "Nineteen years later, people from all over the world contact me telling me how much Home Alone meant to them, their families, and their children."