Claim: The Great Outdoors (film) was written by an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Evidence: The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch , and written and produced by John Hughes.
John Wilden Hughes , Jr. -LRB- February 18 , 1950 -- August 6 , 2009 -RRB- was an American film director , producer , and screenwriter.