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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988) and ...
John Landis. Director: The Blues Brothers. John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970).
Dec 8, 2023 · John Landis is a prolific American filmmaker who was on fire in the 1980s, directing some of the decade's defining comedies. He got his start with the microbudget gross-out comedy Shlock,...
Feb 25, 2014 · Director John Landis first met writer-director-actor Harold Ramis in New York in the mid-1970s when he was tasked with overseeing a rewrite of what would become “Animal House.” “Harold was ...
John Landis is a writer-director-actor who made some of the most influential comedies of the 1970s and 1980s, such as "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers". He also directed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and faced a tragic accident on the set of "The Twilight Zone - The Movie".
Feb 11, 2004 · John Landis is the director behind all of those films, and quite a few more. In 1996, his adaptation of the children's books featuring the Stupid family was released with...
John Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer known for his comedies, horror films, and music videos. See his biography, filmography, awards, and trivia on TMDB.
