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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. Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "spaghetti" westerns... See full bio »

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2012 Franklin & Bash (TV series)
– Voir Dire (2012)
 
2010 Burke and Hare
 
2007-2008 Psych (TV series)
– Christmas Joy (2008)
– American Duos (2007)
– Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast (2007)
 
2008 Fear Itself (TV series)
– In Sickness and in Health (2008)
 
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (documentary)
 
2005-2006 Masters of Horror (TV series)
– Family (2006)
– Deer Woman (2005)
 
2006 The Great Sketch Experiment (short)
 
2004 Slasher (TV documentary)
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video) (videos "Thriller" and "Black or White")
 
2002 The Kronenberg Chronicles (TV movie)
 
1999 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (TV series)
– Honey, Name That Tune (1999)
 
1998 Susan's Plan
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
 
1997 Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (video documentary) (video "Thriller")
 
1996 The Stupids
 
1990-1996 Dream On (TV series)
– The Spirit of 76th & Park (1996)
– Little Orphan Eddie (1995)
– Am I Blue (1995)
– She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will (1995)
– Take Two Tablets, and Get Me to Mt. Sinai (1995)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1995 Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (video documentary) (video "Thriller" and "Black or White")
 
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III
 
1993 Dangerous: The Short Films (video short) (video "Black Or White")
 
1992 Innocent Blood
 
1991 Black or White (video short)
 
1991 Oscar
 
1990 Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
 
1990 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
 
1988 Coming to America
 
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon (segments "Mondo Condo", "Hospital", "Blacks Without Soul", "Don 'No Soul' Simmons" and "Video Date")
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos!
 
1985 Spies Like Us
 
1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV series)
– Disaster at Buzz Creek (1985)
 
1985 Into the Night
 
1985 Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV documentary)
 
1985 B.B. King: Into the Night (video documentary short) (segments "Into the night", "My Lucille" & "In the midnight hour")
 
1983 Thriller (TV short)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (prologue & segment 1)
 
1983 Trading Places
 
1982 Coming Soon (video documentary)
 
1981 An American Werewolf in London
 
1980 The Blues Brothers
 
1978 Animal House
 
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie
 
1973 Schlock
 
Show ShowProducer (28 titles)
2011 Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (producer)
 
2011 Some Guy Who Kills People (executive producer)
 
2008 Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (documentary) (producer)
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video) (producer - segment "Thriller")
 
2002 The Kronenberg Chronicles (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1999 The Lost World (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1999 The Lost World (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien (1998) (executive producer)
– Honey, Meet the Barbarians (1998) (executive producer)
– Honey, I'm Streakin' (1998) (executive producer)
 
1998 Susan's Plan (producer)
 
1998 The Lost World (executive producer)
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (producer)
 
1997 Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (video documentary) (producer - segment "Thriller")
 
1996 The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Here Come the Munsters (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (video documentary) (producer - segment "Thriller")
 
1995 Sliders (TV series) (executive producer - 9 episodes)
– Luck of the Draw (1995) (executive producer)
– The King Is Back (1995) (executive producer)
– The Weaker Sex (1995) (executive producer)
– Eggheads (1995) (executive producer)
– Summer of Love (1995) (executive producer)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1995 Campus Cops (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1994 Weird Science (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1990-1992 Dream On (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
– Key for Two (1992) (executive producer)
– Dance Ten, Sex Three (1992) (executive producer)
– To the Moon, Alex! (1992) (executive producer)
– Domestic Bliss (1992) (executive producer)
– The Son Also Rises (1992) (executive producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon (executive producer)
 
1986 Fuzzbucket (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1985 Clue (executive producer)
 
1985 B.B. King: Into the Night (video documentary short) (producer)
 
1983 The Making of 'Thriller' (video documentary) (producer)
 
1983 Thriller (TV short) (producer)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (producer)
 
1982 Coming Soon (video documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2009 Top of the Pops 2 (TV series) (director: archive footage - 1 episode)
– Michael Jackson Tribute Special (2009) (director: archive footage - archive footage)
 
1996-1997 Sliders (TV series) (executive consultant - 38 episodes)
– This Slide of Paradise (1997) (executive consultant)
– Stoker (1997) (executive consultant)
– Dinoslide (1997) (executive consultant)
– Slither (1997) (executive consultant)
– The Other Slide of Darkness (1997) (executive consultant)
See all 38 episodes »
 
1979 The Muppet Movie (additional puppeteer: "Grover" - uncredited)
 
1970 Kelly's Heroes (production assistant - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (39 titles)
2011 Psychoville (TV series)
Director
– Dinner Party (2011) … Director
 
2010 The Boondocks (TV series)
Counseling Group Leader
– A Date with the Booty Warrior (2010) … Counseling Group Leader (voice)
 
2009 The Scenesters
Judge Paxton B Johnson
 
2008 Parasomnia
Department Store Manager
 
2005 Torrente 3: El protector
Arabian embassador (Estrella invitada)
 
2005 Le couperet
Père copain Maxime
 
2004 Spider-Man 2
Doctor
 
2004 Surviving Eden
Doctor Levine
 
1999 Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Judge
 
1999 Diamonds
Gambler
 
1997 Mad City
Doctor
 
1997 Quicksilver Highway (TV movie)
Surgical Assistant
 
1997 Laws of Deception
Judge Trevino
 
1996 Vampirella (video)
Astronaut #1 (Beard)
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
Russ Dorr
– The Stand (1994) … Russ Dorr
 
1994 The Silence of the Hams
FBI Agent
 
1991-1994 Dream On (TV series)
Herb
– Where There's Smoke, You're Fired (1994) … Herb
– Futile Attraction (1991) … Herb (uncredited)
 
1992 Venice/Venice
John Landis
 
1992 Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
Dr. Edwards
 
1992 Sleepwalkers
Lab Technician
 
1991 Black or White (video short)
Director
 
1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning (TV movie)
Mike Calveccio
 
1990 Darkman
Physician
 
1990 Spontaneous Combustion
Radio Technician
 
1985 Into the Night
SAVAK
 
1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan
Leonard Winesop
 
1983 Trading Places
Man with briefcase (uncredited)
 
1982 Eating Raoul
Man who bumps into Mary at the bank (uncredited)
 
1981 An American Werewolf in London
Man Being Smashed Into Window (uncredited)
 
1980 The Blues Brothers
Trooper La Fong
 
1979 1941
Mizerany
 
1979 The Muppet Movie
Grover (uncredited)
 
1978 Animal House
Cafeteria Dishwasher (uncredited)
 
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie
TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today") (uncredited)
 
1975 Death Race 2000
Mechanic
 
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Michael
– The Pal-Mir Escort (1974) … Michael
 
1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Jake's Friend
 
1973 Schlock
Schlock
 
1970 Kelly's Heroes
Sister Rosa Stigmata (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (15 titles)
2005 Masters of Horror (TV series)
– Deer Woman (2005) (writer)
 
1998 Susan's Plan (written by)
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (film The Blues Brothers / written by)
 
1997 An American Werewolf in Paris (characters in An American Werewolf in London)
 
1997 Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (video documentary) (treatment / segment "Thriller")
 
1995 Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (video documentary) (treatment / segment "Thriller")
 
1995 Jason and the Argonauts: An Interview with Ray Harryhausen (video documentary short)
 
1985 Clue (story)
 
1983 Thriller (TV short) (written by)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (prologue / segment 1)
 
1982 Coming Soon (video documentary)
 
1981 An American Werewolf in London (written by)
 
1980 The Blues Brothers (written by)
 
1976 Holmes and Yo-Yo (TV series)
– Key Witness (1976) (story)
 
1973 Schlock (writer)
 
Show ShowStunts (5 titles)
1981 An American Werewolf in London (stunts - uncredited)
 
1973 My Name is Nobody (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade (stunt performer)
 
1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (stunt performer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (lyrics: "John The Revelator")
 
1973 Schlock (lyrics: "See You Next Wednesday")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (executive music producer)
 
1970 Kelly's Heroes (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (23 titles)
2012 Grabbers (special thanks)
 
2011 Solo hay una (short) (very special thanks)
 
2011/II Animal (short) (special thanks)
 
2011 Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (special thanks)
 
2011 Noch' Naprolyot (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2010 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (special thanks)
 
2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2010 Werebitches (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2008 Animal House: The Inside Story (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
2007 Homo Erectus (the producers wish to thank)
 
2005 Remembering John (video documentary short) (special thanks - uncredited)
 
2005 Transposing the Music (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2005 2001 Maniacs (special thanks)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: photos courtesy of)
 
2004 Zombie Honeymoon (special thanks)
 
2003 Finding Home (thanks)
 
2000 The American Nightmare (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1995 Mallrats (the director would like to thank: for giving me something to do throughout my youth on Friday nights)
 
1991 The Dark Backward (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1982 Eating Raoul (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (113 titles)
2012 Beast Wishes (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The AckerMonster Chronicles! (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Inside Horror (TV series)
Himself - Guest
 
2012 Holliston (TV series)
Himself
– Weekend of Horrors (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Future of Fear (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode #16.57 (2011) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
2011 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.41 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Nightmare Factory (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (TV series)
Himself
– John Landis (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Trailers from Hell Volume 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Feel the Grind: The Making of 'American Grindhouse' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Post Mortem with Mick Garris (TV series)
Himself
– John Landis (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed! (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 American Grindhouse (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. (video documentary short)
Himself - Writer / Director
 
1996-2010 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Director / Himself - Director, Animal House
– John Belushi (2010) … Himself - Director, Animal House
– Andy Kaufman's Really Big Show (1999) … Himself
– Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act (1999) … Himself - Director
– Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996) … Himself
 
2009 Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (documentary)
Himself
 
2004-2009 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2009 Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Tattoos: A Scarred History (documentary)
 
2009 Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (TV documentary)
Himself - Filmmaker
 
2008 Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Animal House: The Inside Story (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Trailers from Hell (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2008 Secret's Out (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Penelope (2008) … Himself
– Halloween Theme (2006) … Himself - Guest
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself - interviewee
 
2007 Greatest Ever 80s Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Ciak Point Torino 2007 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Bloodsucking Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (documentary)
Himself/Sister Rosa Stigmata
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) … Himself
– Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) … Himself
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
– Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Movies (2007) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2007 Look
Himself/Aggravated director
 
2007 Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 October 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
– Scary Halloween Products 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.168 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Sci-Fi Boys (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Inside the Asylum: The Making of '2001 Maniacs' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Animal Hooves: An Interview with John Landis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Perfect Scary Movie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Animal Icons (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Hollywood's Prehistoric Superstars (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Remembering John (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Transposing the Music (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Movies' Greatest Cars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (video documentary)
 
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Mario Bava: Operazione paura (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Unseen + Untold: The Blues Brothers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Musicals (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Dinner for Five (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Unseen + Untold: National Lampoon's Animal House (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Elmer Bernstein (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (video short)
Himself (voice)
 
2002 Forever Ealing (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Boogeymen II: Masters of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Essential Michael Jackson (TV documentary)
Himself - Director 'Thriller'
 
2002 VH-1 Behind the Movie (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Animal House (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Screen Tests of the Stars (TV documentary short)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2002 The Big Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love 1980's (TV series documentary)
Himself
– New Years Compilation (2001) … Himself
 
2000 The American Nightmare (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short)
Himself (Host/Narrator)
 
1998 The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The Abbey Road Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Les deniers du culte (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 A-Z of Horror (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Caroline in the City (TV series)
Himself
– Caroline and the Movie (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (video documentary)
Director ('Black or White' video)
 
1995 Jason and the Argonauts: An Interview with Ray Harryhausen (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Eek! the Cat (TV series)
Himself
– Dazed and Eekstremely Confused/FrankenKlutter (1995) … Himself (voice) (as John Landie)
 
1993 Jerry Lewis: Total Filmmaker (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Dangerous: The Short Films (video short)
Himself ('Making of Black or White segment')
 
1992 Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The Horror Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1990 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
– Episode dated 18 May 1990 (1990)
 
1986 Stephen King's World of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 B.B. King: Into the Night (video documentary short)
Himself / SAVAK (also archive footage)
 
1984 MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 The Making of 'Thriller' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Behind the Scenes: 'An American Werewolf in London' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 July 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1964 The T.A.M.I. Show (video documentary)
Himself - Audience member (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2003 The Michael Jackson Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video)
Himself (segment "Black or White")
 
2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1993 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV series)
 

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[Commenting on visiting Paramount for the first time in years.] "I felt like Norma Desmond." See more »

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