John Landis is a director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, Landis is notable for his numerous films, including the 1980s film The Blues Brothers, which he co-wrote. This film included starts such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Cab Calloway. Landis is also noted for his other projects, which include many short films.
Landis is most famous for being the director of Michael Jackson's iconic 'Thriller' short film. Landis is well recognised as a horror or thriller director, hence making his involvement with the 'Thriller' video so important. It could be construed that his work on 'An American Werewolf In London' was an influence on the Michael Jackson video, which Landis filmed 2 years previously.
He has very specific techniques, including breaking the fourth wall, a Brechtian idea often used in drama, references to King Kong throughout his films and having other directors cameo in his films.
Landis is also well known for his work on 'Into The Night', out of which came 3 B. B King songs, all of which the videos were taken form the film.
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