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John Landis

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1950-08-03 (73 years old)

Biography

John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.

Filmography

all 192

Movies 167

self 85

Director 33

TV Shows 25

Producer 19

Writer 3

Narrator 1

Self

Thriller 40 (2023)

Movie

Stranger

The Credible Adventures of Mr. T (2023)

Movie

Self

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2023)

Movie

Executive Producer

Blue (2022)

Movie

Self [archival]

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida (2021)

Movie

Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)

Movie

Self

I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)

Movie

Director

Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten (2021)

Self (archive footage)

Belushi (2020)

Movie

Self

The Movies That Made Us (2019)

Self

An American Filmmaker in London (2019)

Movie

Self

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019)

Movie

Psychic #4 / Executive Producer

I Hate Kids (2019)

Movie

Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)

Man in Bathroom

The Body (2018)

Movie

Couple

The World Is Yours (2018)

Movie

Self

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)

Movie

Sidemen: Long Road To Glory (2016)

Movie

Self

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)

Movie

Jebediah Rex

Tales of Halloween (2015)

Movie

Self - Friend & Filmmaker

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)

Movie

Self - Friend & Filmmaker

In Their Own Words (2015)

Self / Film Director

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)

Movie

Self

Out of Print (2014)

Movie

Himself

The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)

Self

Remembering 'Dead of Night' (2014)

Movie

Self

Trespassing Bergman (2013)

Movie

Salesman #1

Blast Vegas (2013)

Movie

Professor

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012)

Movie

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)

Movie

Self

Bergmans video (2012)

Movie

Thanks

Grabbers (2012)

Movie

6.38

Himself

Holliston (2012)

Self

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)

Movie

Self - Director of Blues Brothers

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

Movie

Producer

Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011)

Movie

Self

Nightmare Factory (2011)

Movie

Director

Franklin & Bash (2011)

Executive Producer

Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)

Movie

Self - Director, 'Animal House'

American Grindhouse (2011)

Movie

Guest Judge

Face Off (2011)

Director

Burke & Hare (2010)

Movie

Self

Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)

Movie

Self

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)

Movie

Self

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (2010)

Movie

Self

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010)

Movie

Actor

David Bowie: Rare and Unseen (2010)

Movie

Self

Michael Jackson - L'histoire et la Légende (2009)

Movie

Himself

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood (2009)

Movie

Self

Vittorio D. (2009)

Movie

Self

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009)

Movie

Judge Paxton B. Johnson

The Scenesters (2009)

Movie

Self

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com (2009)

Movie

Psychoville (2009)

Self

The Face Is Familiar (2009)

Movie

Himself

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)

Movie

Self - Filmmaker

Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (2008)

Movie

Department Store Manager

Parasomnia (2008)

Movie

Self

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008)

Movie

Self

Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)

Movie

Director

In Sickness and in Health (2008)

Movie

Director

Fear Itself (2008)

Self - Interviewee

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

Movie

Director

Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years (2007)

Movie

Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Movie

Self

Bloodsucking Cinema (2007)

Movie

Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)

Movie

Self

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness (2007)

Movie

Self

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)

Movie

Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)

Movie

Director

Family (2006)

Movie

Director

The Great Sketch Experiment (2006)

Movie

Director

Psych (2006)

6.27

Self

The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)

Movie

Self

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades (2006)

Movie

Self

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes (2006)

Movie

Self

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)

Movie

Self

(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style (2006)

Movie

Self

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)

Movie

Self

The Perfect Scary Movie (2005)

Movie

Director / Writer

Masters of Horror (2005)

Self

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)

Movie

Arab Ambassador / Embajador árabe

Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)

Movie

Self

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music (2005)

Movie

Père du copain de Maxime

The Ax (2005)

Movie

Self

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures (2004)

Movie

Self

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)

Movie

Doctor

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Movie

7.19

Self

Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)

Movie

Self

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (2004)

Movie

Director

Slasher (2004)

Movie

Self

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation (2004)

Movie

Self

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)

Movie

Self - Interviewee

Unseen + Untold: National Lampoon's Animal House (2003)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (2003)

Movie

Self

Forever Ealing (2002)

Movie

Self

Masters of Horror (2002)

Movie

Self

It's Black Entertainment (2002)

Movie

Director

The Kronenberg Chronicles (2002)

Movie

Executive Producer

The Lost World - Gladiator (2001)

Movie

Self

The American Nightmare (2000)

Movie

Judge

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (2000)

Movie

Gambler

Diamonds (1999)

Movie

Executive Producer

The Lost World (1999)

Self - Host and narrator

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Movie

Director / Producer / Writer

Susan's Plan (1998)

Movie

Self - Director

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)

Movie

Executive Producer

The Lost World (1998)

Movie

Self

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)

Movie

Director

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

Movie

Self

The Abbey Road Story (1998)

Movie

Doctor

Mad City (1997)

Movie

Producer / Director

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997)

Self

Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)

Movie

Narrator

Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)

Movie

Writer

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

Movie

3.5

Writer

HIStory on Film, Volume II (1997)

Movie

Surgical Assistant

Quicksilver Highway (1997)

Movie

Judge Trevino

Laws of Deception (1997)

Movie

Executive Producer

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996)

Movie

Astronaut #1

Vampirella (1996)

Movie

Director

The Stupids (1996)

Movie

Director

Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory (1995)

Movie

Producer

Sliders (1995)

5.67

Executive Producer

Here Come the Munsters (1995)

Movie

Leanord Winesop (archive footage)

The World of Jim Henson (1994)

Movie

Director

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Movie

5.7

Russ Dorr

The Stand (1994)

5.2

FBI Agent

The Silence of the Hams (1994)

Movie

Producer

Weird Science (1994)

Self

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder (1994)

Movie

Director

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)

Movie

Self

Night of the Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Documentary (1993)

Movie

Self

Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992)

Movie

Director

Innocent Blood (1992)

Movie

5.17

John Landis (voice)

Eek! The Cat (1992)

Dr. Edwards

Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger (1992)

Movie

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

5.75

Lab Technician

Sleepwalkers (1992)

Movie

3.88

John Landis

Venice/Venice (1992)

Movie

Self

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)

Movie

Self

Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992)

Director

Oscar (1991)

Movie

5.36

Mike Calveccio

Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

Movie

5.35

Physician

Darkman (1990)

Movie

5.24

Producer / Director

Dream On (1990)

Director

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990)

Movie

Radio Technician

Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

Movie

Self

Stephen King's World of Horror (1989)

Movie

Director

Coming to America (1988)

Movie

7.1

Director

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Movie

Man in '6000 SUX' Commercial (uncredited)

RoboCop (1987)

Movie

5.82

Director

¡Three Amigos! (1986)

Movie

6.12

Producer

Fuzzbucket (1986)

Movie

Self

Stephen King's World of Horror (1986)

Movie

Story / Executive Producer

Clue (1985)

Movie

Director

Spies Like Us (1985)

Movie

6.03

Director

George Burns Comedy Week (1985)

Director

Into the Night (1985)

Movie

Director

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985)

Movie

John Landis

B.B. King: Into the Night (1985)

Movie

Leonard Winesop

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Movie

5.82

Self

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)

Movie

Director / Screenplay / Producer

Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)

Movie

Self

Bonjour Mr Lewis (1983)

Director / Writer / Producer

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Movie

Man with Briefcase (uncredited) / Director

Trading Places (1983)

Movie

6.17

Man at Bank (uncredited)

Eating Raoul (1982)

Movie

Self

Take One: Fear on Film (1982)

Movie

Director

Coming Soon (1982)

Movie

Director

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Movie

5.64

Trooper La Fong / Director / Writer

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Movie

7.2

Mizerany

1941 (1979)

Movie

Additional Muppet Performer

The Muppet Movie (1979)

Movie

5.36

Director

Animal House (1978)

Movie

7.4

Director

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Movie

Mechanic

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Movie

6.67

Michael

The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

6.86

Stunts

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

Movie

Jake's Friend

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Movie

5.41

Schlock

Schlock (1973)

Movie

Stunts

Chato's Land (1972)

Movie

Henchman

Red Sun (1971)

Movie

Sister Rosa Stigmata

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Movie

2.17

Stunts

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Movie

Stunts

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

Movie

Stunts

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Movie

5.66

Writer

An American Werewolf in London

Movie

John

Robot Dracula

Movie

High School Principal

Under the Moon

Movie

Self

Clive Barker: A to Z of Horror

Executive Producer

Bad Vibes

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.16

Based on 4.44 Million movie and tv ratings over time

1966

1992

2003

1992

2023

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1950-08-03 (73 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Religion
Jewish people

Spouse
Deborah Nadoolman Landis

Children
Max Landis

Citizenships
United States of America

Residences
Beverly Hills, United States of America

Also Known As
존 랜디스

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Last updated: 02 May, 2024

Joe Dante worked together with John Landis in:

32 Movies

1 TV Show

Deborah Nadoolman worked together with John Landis in:

23 Movies

Mick Garris worked together with John Landis in:

18 Movies

3 TV Shows

George Folsey Jr. worked together with John Landis in:

21 Movies

Rick Baker worked together with John Landis in:

18 Movies

1 TV Show

Dan Aykroyd worked together with John Landis in:

15 Movies

Malcolm Campbell worked together with John Landis in:

13 Movies

John Carpenter worked together with John Landis in:

12 Movies

1 TV Show

Roger Corman worked together with John Landis in:

13 Movies

Leslie Belzberg worked together with John Landis in:

11 Movies

1 TV Show

Frank Oz worked together with John Landis in:

12 Movies

Forrest J. Ackerman worked together with John Landis in:

11 Movies

Michael Jackson worked together with John Landis in:

10 Movies

Robert Paynter worked together with John Landis in:

10 Movies

Elmer Bernstein worked together with John Landis in:

9 Movies

John Belushi worked together with John Landis in:

9 Movies

Stuart Gordon worked together with John Landis in:

6 Movies

3 TV Shows

Wes Craven worked together with John Landis in:

9 Movies

Tim Matheson worked together with John Landis in:

7 Movies

1 TV Show

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