# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-landis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:13.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-landis"
name: "John Landis"
slug: "john-landis"
description: "John Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988), and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), as well as horror films such as An American Werewolf in London (1981), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), and Innocent Blood (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's \"Thriller\" (1983) and \"Black or White\" (1991)."
tagline: "American film director, screenwriter and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_landis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           28.678972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000484/"
    handle:    "nm0000484"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ჯონ ლენდისი"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump