He worked as a " go-fer" and then as an assistant director during filming MGM's Kelly's Heroes in Yugoslavia in 1969 he replaced the film's original assistant director, who became ill and was sent home. Landis began his film career working as a mailboy at 20th Century Fox. And so, I actually sat through it twice and when I got home, I asked my mom, "Who does that? Who makes the movie?" Career Early It just really dazzled me, and I bought it completely. I was on that beach running from that dragon, fighting that Cyclops. I had complete suspension of disbelief-really, I was eight years old and it transported me. When Landis was a young boy, he watched The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, which inspired him to become a director: Though spending his childhood in California, Landis still refers to Chicago as his home town he is a fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Landis and his parents relocated to Los Angeles when he was four months old. Landis was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley Levine ( née Magaziner) and Marshall Landis, an interior designer and decorator.
#HITMAN 3 HELICOPTER KEY MOVIE#
He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), and for directing Michael Jackson's music videos for "Thriller" (1983) and " Black or White" (1991). John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
0 kommentar(er)
