![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other feature credits include Into the Night(1985), Innocent Blood(1992), Oscar (1991), and the children’s film, The Stupids (1996). ![]() With a record of enduring comedy classics such as The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos!(1987) and Coming to America (1988), Landis has directed some of the most popular comedy blockbusters of all time. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), directed by Landis and written by Jerry and David Zucker and Jim Abrahams, was a successful prelude to his next wildly successful comedy, the beloved National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978). Clad in an ape suit and makeup designed by the 20 year old Rick Baker, Landis starred as the “Schlockthropus” or ‘missing link.’ Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, dialog coach, extra and stunt man in many of the “spaghetti” westerns being made in Spain at that time.Īt 21 years old he made his debut as a writer-director of the very low budget feature Schlock (1971), an affectionate tribute to monster movies. A high-school dropout, in 1969 the 18-year-old Landis made his way to the former Yugoslavia to work as a “gofer” (now called “production assistants”) on the MGM comedy Kelly’s Heroes (1970). Filmmaker John Landis began his career in the mailroom of 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles. ![]()
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