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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedy films, his horror films, and his music videos with Michael Jackson. He directed ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Trading Places'', Michael Jackson's music video ''Thriller'', ''The Blues Brothers'', and ''Beverly Hills Cop III''. ==Early life== 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.〔(John Landis bio @ Yahoo! Movies )〕 Landis and his parents relocated to Los Angeles when he was four months old. Though spending his childhood in California, Landis still refers to Chicago as his hometown, and is a big fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Landis began his film career working as a mailboy at 20th Century Fox. 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. During that time Landis became acquainted with actors Don Rickles and Donald Sutherland, both of whom would later work in his films. Following ''Kelly's Heroes'', Landis worked on several films that were shot in Europe (especially in Italy and England), including ''Once Upon a Time in the West'', ''El Condor'' and ''A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell)''.〔 Landis also worked as a stunt double. After working as a stunt double, Landis moved to London and worked as an uncredited co-writer for the film ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. When Landis was a young boy, he watched ''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' which inspired him to become a director:〔As told to Robert K. Elder for ''The Film That Changed My Life'', http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556528256〕 I had complete suspension of disbelief—really, I was eight years old and it transported me. I was on that beach running from that dragon, fighting that Cyclops. It just really dazzled me, and I bought it completely. And so, I actually sat through it twice and when I got home, I asked my mom, “Who does that? Who makes the movie?”〔Landis, John. Interview by Robert K. Elder. The Film That Changed My Life. By Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. N. p. 223. Print.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Landis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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