Biography
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Vincent Price Legacy
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Thriller 40
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
The Credible Adventures of Mr. T
Character: Stranger
MOVIE • 2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Character: Self [archival]
MOVIE • 2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Belushi
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2020
The Movies That Made Us
Character: Self
TV • 2019
An American Filmmaker in London
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
I Hate Kids
Character: Psychic #4
MOVIE • 2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Character: Self
TV • 2018
The Body
Character: Man in Bathroom
MOVIE • 2018
The World Is Yours
Character: Couple
MOVIE • 2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Deconstructing Dunning
Character:
MOVIE • 2016
Crew
Crew Credits
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten
Role: Director
TV • 2021
I Hate Kids
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2019
Grabbers
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2012
Franklin & Bash
Role: Director
TV • 2011
Some Guy Who Kills People
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2011
Burke & Hare
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
In Sickness and in Health
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
Fear Itself
Role: Director
TV • 2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2007
Family
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
The Great Sketch Experiment
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Psych
Role: Director
TV • 2006
Masters of Horror
Role: Writer
TV • 2005
Masters of Horror
Role: Director
TV • 2005
Slasher
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Slasher
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2004
The Kronenberg Chronicles
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2002
The Lost World - Gladiator
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2001