John Landis

Director and writer. Born 3 August 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Titles on Fi1m2 acting · 6 directing · 2 crew · 1 other

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 6 titles

Born

3 August 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Active

1966–2004

Frequently works with

Dan Aykroyd, George Folsey Jr., Eddie Murphy

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

79Fi1m

66Critics

We rate John’s work 14 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 792

Under 601

Of 6 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 6 films
Screen time: 11 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $616m across 6 films with figures
Active: 1966–2004

Genres

Comedy5
Fantasy2
Horror2
Adventure1
Crime1
Music1

Best and worst on Fi1m

81BestThe Blues Brothers1980

47WorstSpies Like Us1985

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

31960s

121970s

211980s

341990s

232000s

152010s

42020s

Co-stars most worked with

Dan Aykroyd4 titles

Eddie Murphy2 titles

Producers most worked with

George Folsey Jr.4 titles

Awards

Other awards1 won · 1 nominated

Won2004Time Machine Award: Time Machine Award
Nominated1992Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director · Oscar

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.