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John Landis Wiki Biography

John Landis was born on the 3rd August 1950, in Chicago, Illinois USA, and is a Primetime Emmy Award-winning director, producer, screenwriter, and actor, best known for directing such movies as “The Blues Brothers” (1980), “An American Werewolf in London” (1981), “Trading Places” (1983), and “Coming to America” (1988). Landis also made one of the most famous music videos for Michael Jackson – “Thriller”. His career started in 1969.

Have you ever wondered how rich John Landis is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Landis’ net worth is as high as $70 million, an amount earned through his successful career in film industry. In addition to being a well-known director, Landis also works as a producer, actor and screenwriter, which also contribute to his wealth.

John Landis was a son of Shirley Levine and Marshall Landis, an interior designer and decorator, and grew up in a Jewish family in California, where he parents moved when he was four months old.

He started his career as an assistant director of “Kelly’s Heroes” during filming in Yugoslavia in 1969, while in 1973 Landis directed and starred in “Schlock”. By the end of the ‘70s, John had made “The Kentucky Fried Movie” (1977) and “Animal House” (1978) starring John Belushi, Karen Allen and Tom Hulce. In 1980, Landis directed and co-wrote the huge hit called “The Blues Brothers” (1980) with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, with the movie earning more than $110 million worldwide, increasing his net worth significantly. The next year, Landis wrote and directed the Oscar-winning horror “An American Werewolf in London” starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Joe Belcher, which grossed over $60 million at the box office.

In July 1982, the actor Vic Morrow and two child extras died in an accident involving a helicopter during the filming of “Twilight Zone: The Movie”. Landis was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but was acquitted of the charges in 1987. The movie came out in 1983, and the same year Landis filmed the Oscar-nominated “Trading Places” starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, which was a huge hit and earned more than $90 million in the US alone. His next movie – “Into the Night” (1985) with Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer, wasn’t that successful, but by the end of the ‘80s, Landis had directed such movies as “Spies Like Us” (1985) starring Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, “¡Three Amigos!” (1986) with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short, and the Oscar-nominated “Coming to America” (1988) with Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones – with a budget of around $40 million, the film grossed over $288 million worldwide, and is Landis’ most successful movie of his career.

In the early ‘90s, Landis made “Oscar” (1991) starring Sylvester Stallone and “Innocent Blood” (1992) with Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, and Robert Loggia, while he also directed 17 episodes of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning series “Dream On” from 1990 to 1996. In 1994, he filmed “Beverly Hills Cop III” starring Eddie Murphy, and after spending most of the ‘90s and 2000s working on short films, music videos, and television series, Landis latest movie is “Burke and Hare” (2010) with Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, and Michael Smiley. John also has over 40 acting credits, and has worked on 30 projects as a producer, significantly improving his wealth as well.

Regarding his persona life, John Landis married Deborah Nadoolman in July 1980 and has two children with her; they currently live in Beverly Hills, California. Although raised in a Jewish family, John states that he is an atheist.

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John Landis Quick Info

John Landis Trademarks

1. On YouTube’s Trailers from Hell channel, always introduces himself with a joke name, while his actual name appears at the foot of the screen (“Hi, I’m First Lady Michelle Obama, and this is Trailers from Hell”).
2. Often works with makeup artist Rick Baker ((Schlock (1973), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Coming to America (1988), Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983))
3. Films usually contain a scene where a full song is sung (see: Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Coming to America (1988), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)).
4. Frequently works with Dan Aykroyd
5. He often has his characters look into camera lens to make eye contact with the audience or “break frame”.
6. Features clips of cast members in the ending credits when their name appears
7. Often has an image of large gorilla, usually King Kong, somewhere in a movie.
8. Often casts Stephen Bishop as “Charming Guy” in his films, basically a bit part for a friend.
9. Frequently casts other directors and filmmakers in small roles
10. Music: ‘The Girl from Ipanema’
11. Airport scenes in Into the Night (1985) and Coming to America (1988) have a call over the PA system for a ‘Mr Frank Ozkerwitz’ to pick up the white courtesy phone. This is Frank Oz’s real name. Landis’ work frequently features Oz.
12. The phrase “See You Next Wednesday”. Supposedly, the phrase is the title of a film that Landis had an idea for at the age of 15. The title is a direct reference to a line in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). He describes the film as the kind of movie that a 15 year old adolescent boy would have made. He sometimes uses ideas from this movie, and when he does he puts the phrase in as a “homage”. It is not in all of his movies [SYNW].

John Landis Quotes

• (On The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) The reason it changed my life, and it really did-I had complete suspension of disbelief. Really, I was eight years old, and it transported me. I was on that beach running from that dragon, fighting that Cyclops. It just really dazzled me and I bought it completely. All my energy and efforts were to be a filmmaker, and it was because of that film.
• I still think that The Exorcist (1973) is the scariest movie I ever saw. However I have never walked away from a movie uneasy – I’ve been creeped out during the movie, but once I leave the cinema, it’s more about my next meal.
• The new versions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Last House on the Left (2009) looked like shampoo commercials.
• [on Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)] I never had that experience before, where committees are telling me what they’re going to do. What I should have done is quit, but instead – out of loyalty to Danny [Aykroyd] – I finished the movie. We had fabulous music – I’m proud of the music – but by the time we were shooting, the movie was fucked.
• [on the death of Michael Jackson] I was lucky enough to know and work with Michael Jackson in his prime. Michael was an extraordinary talent and a truly great international star. He had a troubled and complicated life and despite his gifts, remains a tragic figure. My wife Deborah and I will always have great affection for him.
• I always loved those 1960s films and the things Richard Lester had done with The Beatles, and I conceived An American Werewolf in London (1981) with that spirit in mind. London was horror central, of course, home of Jack the Ripper, Jekyll and Hyde, so I wanted all that Victorian Gothic, but I also wanted to show the real London of 1981.
• On working with Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988): Eddie is an immensely overpowering talent. But if you can imagine a nuclear plant, that energy is productive as long as it’s contained. And if Eddie’s not contained, he’s gonna blow.
• [on superstars] I’ve worked with Paul McCartney, and Michael Jackson, and The Blues Brothers, and David Bowie, and a lot of people that have gone through that experience, and man I think it’s difficult to remain sane under those circumstances. When you see what happened to Elvis Presley – I mean, I understand it, but with that level of stardom, and that level of celebrity, it’s a miracle if you can make it through it with any sense of sanity after that.
• The Thing (1982) is a terrific movie, probably John Carpenter’s best
• See American Werewolf (In London) is not a comedy. People keep calling it a comedy, it’s very funny I hope, but it is a horror film. We meet these guys in a truckload of sheep. This is not subtle. I mean these boys are dead by the end of the movie. That’s not really a happy tale.
• On working with Eddie Murphy on Trading Places (1983): His effect was dazzling. There was a “ding!” when he walked on, almost like Marilyn Monroe.
• I’ve had people come up to me and say Jake and Elwood Blues are these legendary blues artists and I start thinking ‘uh-oh’.
• In 1991: “I live with the “Twilight Zone” every day of my life.”
• [Commenting on visiting Paramount for the first time in years.] “I felt like Norma Desmond.”
• I’ve done every job there is to do on a movie set except makeup. Wait a minute, I’ve done makeup. I’ve done every job there is to do on a movie set except hairdressing.
• When ‘Animal House’ turned out the way it did, they all rushed to me with barrels of money begging me to make them rich.
• The [movie industry] ratings board reflect[s] the morals of the times. So now, with Reagan as president, it’s all right to shred children, but bare breasts are pretty disgusting. The morality of the times is deeply sick. American Film Institute speech, January 27, 1982

John Landis Important Facts

• Had an allergic reaction to shrimp on the set of Thriller.
• The Ruling Class (1972) is one of his favorite movies.
• During the filming of The Blues Brothers (1980) John Belushi’s drug use was at its height. On a day of filming Belushi didn’t want to come out of his trailer. John Landis, who was fed up with Belushi and his antics, reportedly forced his way in to Belushi’s trailer, grabbed all of Belushi’s drug stash and flushed them down the toilet. Landis told him he wasn’t going to be putting up this anymore.
• Says the scariest horror film for him is a “toss-up between” Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973). [NYTimes, 8/21/11].
• On 12 April 2011, when he was introducing his new film Burke and Hare (2010) at The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), he was knighted. He is now a “Knight of the Order of the Raven”. It’s one of the festival’s highest honors given only to masters of the genre.
• Five of his movies were nominated for AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs: The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Trading Places (1983). “Animal House” made the list at #36.
• Close friend, George Lucas, offered John Landis the role of director on Howard the Duck (1986). After reading the script Landis turned down the opportunity due to the police car crashes in the finale. He felt this was too similar to that of his previous film The Blues Brothers (1980).
• Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1989.
• One of his favorite movies is The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). He admits that this film inspired the use of the dream within a dream gag in An American Werewolf in London (1981).
• Once worked as an attendant in a parking lot.
• Has never shot a film in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio until 2010’s Burke and Hare (2010).
• Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. “World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985”. Pages 555-559. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
• Went to school with Eliza Roberts.
• After he dropped out of school at age 17 he worked as mailman at the Fox studios.
• Father of Max Landis and Rachel Landis.
• He directed the music videos Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) and Michael Jackson: Black or White (1991), both by Michael Jackson. He has a small cameo as the director in “Black Or White”.
• In his early career he worked as a stunt-man specialising in horse-falls.
• The trademark trivia often mentioned in Landis-directed films, the inclusion in some form of the phrase “See you next Wednesday”, is a reference to a script young Landis wrote at 15 (which in itself was named after a line in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)). Whenever Landis uses an idea from it in a film he’s made, he always “credits” the script. The reference appears during the werewolf rampage as the title on the marquee of a porno theater in An American Werewolf in London (1981). It is spoken in German when Vic Morrow is being shot at on the building in the sequence he directed for Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). In The Blues Brothers (1980) it’s on a billboard where the the cops are lying in wait. Then again, it mostly appears as the name on movie posters, so that it probably became merely something to watch for like Alfred Hitchcock’s cameos. It first appeared in his first film Schlock (1973) as the name of a movie and as a movie poster in a theater lobby. It appeared again in his second film. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), as the title of the “Feel-O-Rama” movie. It surfaces in an apartment in Trading Places (1983) on a movie poster. In Coming to America (1988) it appears in a subway station (the movie claims to star Jamie Lee Curtis, who appeared in “Trading Places”). Another poster is visible in Ophelia’s apartment. In Spies Like Us (1985) it appears on the recruitment poster behind the desk of the commander of the army training post. In Into the Night (1985) it appears on two posters in the office where Ed and Diana make the phone call. In Innocent Blood (1992) it is once again advertised on a movie marquee across the street from the Melody Lounge exotic dance bar near where a car crash takes place. It also appears in the Michael Jackson video Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983), which was directed by Landis. One of the men chasing the werewolf finds a note and reads this out while the shot shows MJ in the theater eating popcorn.

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