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John Landis

1950 - Today

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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) 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), and horror films such as An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Innocent Blood (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991). Landis later ventured into television work, including the series Dream On (1990), Weird Science (1994) and Sliders (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Landis is the 416th most popular film director (down from 346th in 2019), the 3,075th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,248th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Landis ranks 416 out of 2,041. Before him are Louis Delluc, Roland Joffé, M. Night Shyamalan, Gustav Ucicky, Olivier Assayas, and Jacques Copeau. After him are Denys Arcand, Karel Reisz, Saul Bass, John Guillermin, Christian-Jaque, and Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, John Landis ranks 155. Before him are Neda Ukraden, Mike Campbell, Adrian Năstase, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Terry Gou, and Dudu Georgescu. After him are Camarón de la Isla, Håkan Nesser, Elya Baskin, Natalie Cole, Keizo Imai, and Danny Sullivan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Landis ranks 3,075 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Eames (1907), Kate Millett (1934), John W. Campbell (1910), Henry Winkler (1945), Al Di Meola (1954), and Jeffrey Hunter (1926). After him are William Steig (1907), Liev Schreiber (1967), Ray Dalio (1949), James Franco (1978), Triple H (1969), and Chris Rock (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Landis ranks 114. Before him are John McTiernan (1951), Jim Abrahams (1944), Edward Zwick (1952), Richard Brooks (1912), Irvin Kershner (1923), and Mervyn LeRoy (1900). After him are Saul Bass (1920), Sofia Coppola (1971), Zack Snyder (1966), Harold Prince (1928), Walter Lantz (1899), and Russ Meyer (1922).

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