John David Landis (born August 3, 1950), is an American film director, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for the for directing such comedy as National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), produced by Ivan Reitman, co-written by Harold Ramis, starring John Belushi, Peter Riegert, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, Karen Allen, and Donald Sutherland; The Blues Brothers (1980), with Belushi and Dan Aykroyd; Trading Places (1983), with Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis; Into the Night (1985), with Jeff Goldblum; Spies Like Us (1985), with Aykroyd and Chevy Chase; Three Amigos (1986), with Steve Martin, Chase, and Martin Short; Coming to America (1988), with Murphy, Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones; and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994).
He also wrote and directed the horror comedy An American Werewolf in London (1981), with David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Griffin Dunne; and Michael Jackson’s music videos Thriller (1983), with narration by horror legend Vincent Price; and Black or White (1991); the gangster comedy Oscar (1991), with Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Reigert, Chazz Palminteri, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano, Tim Curry, and Kirk Douglas; Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), with Aykroyd, John Goodman, and various returning cast members from the first film; and the British black comedy Burke & Hare (2010), with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis.
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(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- Kelly’s Heroes (1970) – directed by Brian G. Hutton – uncredited actor, production assistant
- Schlock (1973) – director, writer, actor
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) – directed by J. Lee Thompson – actor
- Death Race 2000 (1976) – directed by Paul Bartel – actor
- The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) – director, uncredited actor
- Animal House (1978) – director
- 1941 (1979) – directed by Steven Spielberg – actor
- The Blues Brothers (1980)** – director, co-writer, actor
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) – director, writer, uncredited actor
- Eating Raoul (1982) – directed by Paul Bartel – uncredited actor
- Coming Soon (1982) – director, writer, producer – documentary – straight-to-video
- Trading Places (1983) – director, uncredited actor
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) – co-directed with Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, & George Miller – also co-writer, producer
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) – directed by Frank Oz – actor
- B.B. King “Into the Night” (1985) – co- directed with Jeff Okun – documentary
- Into the Night (1985) – director, actor
- Spies Like Us (1985) – director
- Clue (1985) – directed by Jonathan Lynn – co-story, executive producer
- Three Amigos (1986) – director
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) – directed with Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, & Robert K. Weiss – also co-producer
- Coming to America (1988) – director
- Darkman (1990) – directed by Sam Raimi – actor
- Oscar (1991) – director
- Sleepwalkers (1992) – directed by Mick Garris – actor
- Innocent Blood (1992) – director
- Venice/Venice (1992) – directed by Henry Jaglom – actor
- Silence of the Hams (1994) – directed by Ezio Greggio
- Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – director
- The Stupids (1996) - director
- Vampirella (1996) – directed by Jim Wynorski – straight-to-video
- Laws of Deception (1997) – directed by Joey Travolta – actor
- Mad City (1997) – directed by Costa-Gavras – actor
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) – director, co-writer, co-producer
- Susan’s Plan (1998) – director, writer, producer
- Diamonds (1999) – directed by John Mallory Asher – actor
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) – directed by Matthew Bright – actor
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) – directed by Sam Raimi – actor
- The Axe (2005) – director Costa-Gavras – actor – aka Le couperet – France/Belgium/Spain
- Torrente 3: El protectir (2005) – directed by Santiago Segura – cameo
- Look (2007) – directed by Adam Rifkin – actor
- Burke and Hare (2010) – director
- Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012) – directed by Kevin O’Neill – TV movie
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