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John Landis

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Biography

John David 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.

Personal details

Gender

Male

Born

1950-08-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Known For

The Blues Brothers
1980
7.7
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
6.3
The Silence of the Hams
1994
4.9
Into the Night
1985
6.5
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
5.3
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
6.2
Kelly's Heroes
1970
7.4
Red Sun
1971
6.8
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
5.7
Blast Vegas
2013
3.4
An American Werewolf in London
1981
7.4
Laws of Deception
1997
4.0
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
7.0
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
6.6
Darkman
1990
6.4
Death Race 2000
1975
6.2
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
5.7
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
7.0
Eating Raoul
1982
6.5
Robot Dracula
2026
2.0
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009
6.7
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
6.6
Spontaneous Combustion
1989
4.7
Parasomnia
2008
4.9
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
6.6
American Grindhouse
2011
6.8
Schlock
1973
5.6
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
7.0
RoboCop
1987
7.4
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
5.6
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
6.1
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
9.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
7.4
Making Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983
8.8
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
4.9
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
7.3
Venice/Venice
1992
7.0
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007
5.7
The Face is Familiar
2009
2.0
Forever Ealing
2002
7.2
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
7.6
Animal House
1978
6.9
Nightmare Factory
2011
7.3
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
2009
5.8
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
6.0
An American Filmmaker in London
2019
0
Under the Moon
0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
7.0
The Credible Adventures of Mr. T
2023
10.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
9.0
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
6.5
Thriller 40
2023
8.7
Out of Print
2014
5.7
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
0
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
6.0
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009
6.0
The American Nightmare
2000
6.8
Tales of Halloween
2015
5.7
Vampirella
1996
3.8
Spider-Man 2
2004
7.3
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
2015
7.0
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
6.0
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
7.5
Diamonds
1999
5.2
Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger
1992
4.6
Sidemen: Long Road To Glory
2016
5.2
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
7.2
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
6.7
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
0
Take One: Fear on Film
1982
7.0
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
7.0
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
0
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006
7.5
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
0
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
8.0
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
6.4
Quicksilver Highway
1997
5.0
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
6.8
Mad City
1997
6.2
Vittorio D.
2009
6.3
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
6.5
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
2010
0
The Abbey Road Story
1998
0
Trespassing Bergman
2013
6.6
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985
8.2
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
1994
7.0
Masters of Horror
2002
7.8
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
9.0
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
7.8
I Hate Kids
2019
5.8
The Ax
2005
6.9
It's Black Entertainment
2002
8.7
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
5.4
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019
0
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003
8.9
Sleepwalkers
1992
6.1
The Body
2018
6.2
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
2012
5.3
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
6.5
Trading Places
1983
7.2
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
6.5
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
7.3
The Muppet Movie
1979
7.2
The World of Jim Henson
1994
7.4
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
0
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
7.3
1941
1979
5.8
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
4.0
Belushi
2020
7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
4.5
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
7.7
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
10.0
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
7.3
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
6.8
The World Is Yours
2018
6.7
The Scenesters
2009
4.9
The Future of Fear
2011
0
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
8.2
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
5.6
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
7.4
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
0
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
8.0
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
5.0
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
0
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
1.0
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
9.0
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
9.0
Deconstructing Dunning
2016
0
Being Eddie
2025
6.8
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
8.0
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025
0
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
2026
0
Making an American Werewolf in London
1981
0

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Gremlins, an american nightmare!'s poster

Gremlins, an american nightmare!

Robot Dracula's poster

On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers's poster

On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers

Being Eddie's poster

The Vincent Price Legacy's poster

The Vincent Price Legacy

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters's poster

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee's poster

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Thriller 40's poster

The Credible Adventures of Mr. T's poster

The Credible Adventures of Mr. T

The Rise of the Comic Strip's poster

The Rise of the Comic Strip

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida's poster

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

Self [archival]

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster's poster

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

I Am Alfred Hitchcock's poster

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

Belushi's poster

Self (archive footage)

An American Filmmaker in London's poster

An American Filmmaker in London

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf's poster

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

I Hate Kids's poster

The Body's poster

Man in Bathroom

The World Is Yours's poster

The World Is Yours

Bergman: A Year in a Life's poster

Bergman: A Year in a Life

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen's poster

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

Deconstructing Dunning's poster

Deconstructing Dunning

Sidemen: Long Road To Glory's poster

Sidemen: Long Road To Glory

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex's poster

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Tales of Halloween's poster

Tales of Halloween

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson's poster

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Self - Friend & Filmmaker

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead's poster

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Self - Director

Out of Print's poster

Remembering 'Dead of Night''s poster

Remembering 'Dead of Night'

Trespassing Bergman's poster

Trespassing Bergman

Blast Vegas's poster

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan's poster

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader's poster

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features's poster

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis's poster

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

The Future of Fear's poster

The Future of Fear

Nightmare Factory's poster

Nightmare Factory

American Grindhouse's poster

American Grindhouse

Machete Maidens Unleashed!'s poster

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry's poster

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth's poster

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.'s poster

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

David Bowie: Rare and Unseen's poster

David Bowie: Rare and Unseen

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood's poster

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood

Vittorio D.'s poster

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London''s poster

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

The Scenesters's poster

Judge Paxton B. Johnson

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com's poster

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

Tattoos: A Scarred History's poster

Tattoos: A Scarred History

The Face is Familiar's poster

The Face is Familiar

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story's poster

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Parasomnia's poster

Department Store Manager

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”'s poster

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX's poster

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

Animal House: The Inside Story's poster

Animal House: The Inside Story

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood's poster

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

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story's poster

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Bloodsucking Cinema's poster

Bloodsucking Cinema

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project's poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness's poster

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman's poster

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet's poster

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

The Sci-Fi Boys's poster

The Sci-Fi Boys

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound's poster

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage's poster

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades's poster

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades

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

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

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes's poster

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes

The Perfect Scary Movie's poster

The Perfect Scary Movie

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy's poster

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Torrente 3: The Protector's poster

Torrente 3: The Protector

Embajador árabe

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music's poster

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

The Ax's poster

Maxime's Friend's Father

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection's poster

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures's poster

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen's poster

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

Spider-Man 2's poster

Mario Bava: Operazione paura's poster

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River's poster

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation's poster

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment's poster

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

Self (archive footage)

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies's poster

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies

Self (archive footage)

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update's poster

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Forever Ealing's poster

Masters of Horror's poster

Masters of Horror

It's Black Entertainment's poster

It's Black Entertainment

The American Nightmare's poster

The American Nightmare

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby's poster

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

Diamonds's poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man''s poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion's poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Self - Director

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers''s poster

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

The Abbey Road Story's poster

The Abbey Road Story

Mad City's poster

Who Is Henry Jaglom?'s poster

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Hollywood Rated 'R''s poster

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Quicksilver Highway's poster

Quicksilver Highway

Surgical Assistant

Laws of Deception's poster

Laws of Deception

Vampirella's poster

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography's poster

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

The World of Jim Henson's poster

The World of Jim Henson

Leanord Winesop (archive footage)

The Silence of the Hams's poster

The Silence of the Hams

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder's poster

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger's poster

Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger

Venice/Venice's poster

Sleepwalkers's poster

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team's poster

The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team

Psycho IV: The Beginning's poster

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Darkman's poster

Spontaneous Combustion's poster

Spontaneous Combustion

Radio Technician

Stephen King's World of Horror's poster

Stephen King's World of Horror

RoboCop's poster

Man in '6000 SUX' Commercial (uncredited)

Into the Night's poster

B.B. King: Into the Night's poster

B.B. King: Into the Night

The Muppets Take Manhattan's poster

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Leonard Winesop

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller's poster

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

Trading Places's poster

Man with Briefcase (uncredited)

Eating Raoul's poster

Man at Bank (uncredited)

Take One: Fear on Film's poster

Take One: Fear on Film

An American Werewolf in London's poster

An American Werewolf in London

Man Smashed into Window (uncredited)

Making an American Werewolf in London's poster

Making an American Werewolf in London

The Blues Brothers's poster

The Blues Brothers

Trooper La Fong

1941's poster

The Muppet Movie's poster

The Muppet Movie

Additional Muppet Performer

Animal House's poster

Cafeteria Dishwasher

The Kentucky Fried Movie's poster

The Kentucky Fried Movie

TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")

Death Race 2000's poster

Death Race 2000

Battle for the Planet of the Apes's poster

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Schlock's poster

Red Sun's poster

Henchman (uncredited)

Kelly's Heroes's poster

Sister Rosa Stigmata

Characters

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An American Werewolf in Paris's poster

An American Werewolf in Paris

Director

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Burke & Hare's poster

In Sickness and in Health's poster

In Sickness and in Health

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project's poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Family's poster

Deer Woman's poster

The Great Sketch Experiment's poster

The Great Sketch Experiment

Slasher's poster

The Kronenberg Chronicles's poster

The Kronenberg Chronicles

Susan's Plan's poster

Blues Brothers 2000's poster

Blues Brothers 2000

The Stupids's poster

Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory's poster

Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory

Beverly Hills Cop III's poster

Beverly Hills Cop III

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films's poster

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

Innocent Blood's poster

Oscar's poster

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration's poster

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Coming to America's poster

Coming to America

Amazon Women on the Moon's poster

Amazon Women on the Moon

¡Three Amigos!'s poster

¡Three Amigos!

Spies Like Us's poster

Into the Night's poster

B.B. King: Into the Night's poster

B.B. King: Into the Night

Michael Jackson's Thriller's poster

Michael Jackson's Thriller

Twilight Zone: The Movie's poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Trading Places's poster

Coming Soon's poster

An American Werewolf in London's poster

An American Werewolf in London

The Blues Brothers's poster

The Blues Brothers

Animal House's poster

The Kentucky Fried Movie's poster

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Schlock's poster

Executive Producer

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Blue's poster

I Hate Kids's poster

Some Guy Who Kills People's poster

Some Guy Who Kills People

The Lost World - Gladiator's poster

The Lost World - Gladiator

The Lost World's poster

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas's poster

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

Here Come the Munsters's poster

Here Come the Munsters

Bad Vibes's poster

Original Film Writer

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An American Werewolf in London's poster

An American Werewolf in London

Producer

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Fuzzbucket's poster

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller's poster

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

Production Assistant

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Kelly's Heroes's poster

Story

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Clue's poster

Stunts

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My Name Is Nobody's poster

My Name Is Nobody

Chato's Land's poster

Once Upon a Time in the West's poster

Once Upon a Time in the West

The Charge of the Light Brigade's poster

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's poster

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Grabbers's poster

Teddy Bears' Picnic's poster

Teddy Bears' Picnic

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HIStory on Film, Volume II's poster

HIStory on Film, Volume II

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