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John Landis

1950 - Today

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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Landis has received more than 5,754,190 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Landis is the 346th most popular film director (down from 301st in 2019), the 2,248th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,002nd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Landis by language

Over the past year John Landis has had the most page views in the with 830,127 views, followed by Italian (85,784), and German (57,689). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (63.77%), Polish (45.24%), and Malagasy (35.54%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Landis ranks 346 out of 2,041. Before him are Arthur Cohn, Henry King, Kira Muratova, Ivan Reitman, Jean Girault, and George Stevens. After him are Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, Ermanno Olmi, Ray Harryhausen, Mika Kaurismäki, and Gustaf Gründgens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, John Landis ranks 104. Before him are Anghel Iordănescu, Ubaldo Fillol, William Sadler, Håkan Nesser, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and Victoria Principal. After him are James Rothman, Joe Perry, Tom Petty, Barbara Sukowa, Terry Gou, and Ken Kutaragi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Landis ranks 2,248 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Gordon (1918), Wade Williams (1961), Charles Eames (1907), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), William M. Branham (1909), and Henry Bergman (1868). After him are Carl Wieman (1951), Cy Twombly (1928), Robert Silverberg (1935), Terry O'Quinn (1952), James Rothman (1950), and Joe Perry (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Landis ranks 94. Before him are George Roy Hill (1921), Samuel Fuller (1912), Sofia Coppola (1971), Tobe Hooper (1943), Henry King (1886), and George Stevens (1904). After him are Stanley Donen (1924), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Clifford Odets (1906), Irvin Kershner (1923), Saul Bass (1920), and Joe Dante (1946).

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Filmography

Trading Places
Director
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Jun 7o 19837.203 / 10
Coming to America
Director
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Jun 29o 19886.868 / 10
The Blues Brothers
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Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Jun 16o 19807.74 / 10