Biography
John Landis 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), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988), and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), as well as horror films such as An American Werewolf in London (1981), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), and Innocent Blood (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991).
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Awards & recognition
- Time Machine Award · 2004
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Director · 1992 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Thriller 40
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
Once Upon a Time in the West
Psych
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
The Blues Brothers
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Sliders
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
RoboCop
An American Werewolf in London
Kelly's Heroes
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
The Movies That Made Us
Franklin & Bash
The Boys
Spider-Man 2
The Six Million Dollar Man
My Name Is Nobody
Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex
Clue
Trading Places
The Muppet Movie
Face Off
Masters of Horror
The Lost World
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Belushi
The Real History of Science Fiction
Family
The Sci-Fi Boys
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Venice/Venice
Dream On
National Lampoon's Animal House
Coming to America
American Grindhouse
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
The Stand
Red Sun
Being Eddie
The World Is Yours
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Fear Itself
Weird Science
Trespassing Bergman
Machete Maidens Unleashed!