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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) [1] is an American filmmaker and actor.
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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). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian ...
- Producer, Director, Actor
- August 3, 1950
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August 3, 1950 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Height. 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m) Mini Bio. 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).
- August 3, 1950
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- 'The Blues Brothers' (1980) IMDb Score: 7.9/10. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd lead this musical comedy as Jake and Elwood Blues, two brothers on a mission from God to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised.
- 'Trading Places' (1983) IMDb Score: 7.5/10. Trading Places tells the story of Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), a street-smart hustler, and Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), a wealthy commodities broker.
- 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981) IMDb Score: 7.5/10. Two American friends, David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) are attacked by a werewolf while backpacking through the English countryside.
- 'National Lampoon's Animal House' (1978) IMDb Score: 7.4/10. National Lampoon's Animal House is a seminal comedy that set the standard for raucous, irreverent humor in the college genre.
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – 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 ...
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Aug 3, 2020 · Dan Aykroyd, actor (played Elwood) My original script was called The Return of the Blues Brothers and had two movies in it. John Landis turned it into a manageable 150 pages. He was the keystone ...
Aug 21, 2021 · Sat 21 Aug 2021 02.23 EDT. Last modified on Sun 22 Aug 2021 05.55 EDT. F orty years on from its release, An American Werewolf in London is not a film best remembered for its subtlety. John Landis ...
