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[[Image:Celeb.johnlandis.jpg|frame|Landis with Kermit and Piggy.]] |
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[[Image:Tmm puppeteers.jpg|thumb|300px|Landis, [[Tim Burton]], and many more dozens of puppeteers in the finale shot of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]]] |
[[Image:Tmm puppeteers.jpg|thumb|300px|Landis, [[Tim Burton]], and many more dozens of puppeteers in the finale shot of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]]] |
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| − | '''John Landis''' (b. 1950) is a fim director who has helmed such films as ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', ''[[ |
+ | '''John Landis''' (b. 1950) is a fim director who has helmed such films as ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', ''[[Jim_Henson_Cameos#Non-Henson_Productions|Into the Night]]'' and ''[[Spies Like Us]]'', and ''[[Animal House]]''. In many of these films he has cast [[Frank Oz]] in [[Muppeteers_in_Non-Henson_Acting_Roles#Frank_Oz|bit roles]], and ''An American Werewolf in London'' even features a scene from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. |
His earliest Muppet connection was as a performer in the finale of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''. In a scene filled with hundreds of Muppets and performers, Landis manipulated [[Grover]].<ref>[http://tv.ign.com/articles/491/491504p8.html ''IGN FilmForce'' "An Interview with John Landis" by Kenneth Plume, 02/11/04]</ref> |
His earliest Muppet connection was as a performer in the finale of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''. In a scene filled with hundreds of Muppets and performers, Landis manipulated [[Grover]].<ref>[http://tv.ign.com/articles/491/491504p8.html ''IGN FilmForce'' "An Interview with John Landis" by Kenneth Plume, 02/11/04]</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:38, 9 December 2009
Landis with Kermit and Piggy.
Landis, Tim Burton, and many more dozens of puppeteers in the finale shot of The Muppet Movie
John Landis (b. 1950) is a fim director who has helmed such films as The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Into the Night and Spies Like Us, and Animal House. In many of these films he has cast Frank Oz in bit roles, and An American Werewolf in London even features a scene from The Muppet Show.
His earliest Muppet connection was as a performer in the finale of The Muppet Movie. In a scene filled with hundreds of Muppets and performers, Landis manipulated Grover.[1]
He later made a cameo appearance in The Muppets Take Manhattan as Leonard Winesop, Broadway producer, and another cameo for the "She Drives Me Crazy" music video. Most recently, he appeared in the 2007 Presentation Pilot.