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    American film director, screenwriter and producer

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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_LandisJohn Landis - Wikipedia

    John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) [1] 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 ...

  2. Filmmaker John Landis, who directed this first segment, violated California 's child labor laws by hiring 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen ( Chinese: 陳欣怡; pinyin: Chén Xīnyí) without the required permits. [3]

  3. m.imdb.com › name › nm0000484John Landis - IMDb

    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).

  4. 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...

  5. 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).

  6. 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 an...

  7. www.rottentomatoes.com › celebrity › john_landisJohn Landis - Rotten Tomatoes

    Though not nearly a household name like contemporary filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, writer-director-occasional actor John Landis became one of the more important Hollywood...

  8. The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. [4] It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC 's variety series Saturday Night Live.

  9. Nov 2, 2011 · With Landis in the UK to promote his book’s release, we jumped at the chance to talk to him about movie monsters, film making, and what he’s up to next.

  10. www.bbc.co.uk › profiles › 4hJxb84n8Rb1XHq11hnKCJyJohn Landis - BBC

    John Landis. John Landis made his first film at 21 with Schlock an affectionate tribute to monster movies. Clad in the Rick Baker-designed gorilla suit Landis starred as ‘Schlocktopus’ – the ...

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