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Ivan Reitman

Production · 1946–2022 · Komárno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Biography

Ivan Reitman OC (October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian-American film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He was best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Notable films he directed include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Dave (1993), and Junior (1994). Reitman also served as producer for such films as Animal House (1978), Beethoven (1992), Space Jam (1996), and Private Parts (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ivan Reitman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireProducer
2023ArnoldSelf
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeProducer
2021Space Jam: A New LegacyExecutive Producer
2020GodmotheredExecutive Producer
2020A Babysitter's Guide to Monster HuntingProducer
2020Who You Gonna Call?Self
2020BelushiSelf (archive footage)
2020Reunited ApartSelf
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering GhostbustersSelf
2019Fantastic Mr. MurraySelf - Interviewee (archive footage)
2017Father FiguresProducer
2017BaywatchProducer
2016GhostbustersProducer
2016GhostheadsSelf
2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Director
2014Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014Draft DayDirector
2012HitchcockProducer
2011No Strings AttachedDirector
2010ChloeProducer
2009Up in the AirProducer
2009Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor DayExecutive Producer
2009Post GradProducer
2009A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'Self
2009I Love You, ManExecutive Producer
2009The UninvitedExecutive Producer
2009Hotel for DogsSelf - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)
2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf
2008On Screen!: Shivershimself
2007DisturbiaExecutive Producer
2006Trailer Park Boys: The MovieExecutive Producer
2006My Super Ex-GirlfriendDirector
2004EuroTripExecutive Producer
2003Old School: OrientationHimself
2003Old SchoolExecutive Producer
2002Killing Me SoftlyExecutive Producer
2002Evolution: The Animated MovieExecutive Producer
2001EvolutionDirector
2000Road TripExecutive Producer
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood HeroSelf
1999Ghostbusters 1999Self
1999Imagining 'Heavy Metal'Self
1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Producer
1998Six Days Seven NightsDirector
1997Mummies Alive!Producer
1997Fathers' DayDirector
1997Private PartsProducer
1996Space JamProducer
1996The Late ShiftExecutive Producer
1994JuniorDirector
1993Beethoven's 2ndExecutive Producer
1993DaveDirector
1992BeethovenExecutive Producer
1992Stop! Or My Mom Will ShootProducer
1990Kindergarten CopDirector
1989Ghostbusters IIMan Walking Outside Firehouse / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)
1988TwinsProducer
1988Feds!Executive Producer
1988Casual Sex?Executive Producer
1987Big ShotsExecutive Producer
1987BiographySelf
1986Legal EaglesDirector
1986The Canadian ConspiracySelf
1984On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984GhostbustersZuul / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)
1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneExecutive Producer
1981Heavy MetalProducer
1981StripesDirector
1979MeatballsDirector
1979Delta HouseProducer
1978BlackoutExecutive Producer
1978Animal HouseProducer
1977Ilsa, the Tigress of SiberiaProducer
1977RabidExecutive Producer
1976The House by the LakeProducer
1975ShiversProducer
1973Cannibal GirlsDirector
1971Foxy LadyDirector
1969The Columbus of SexProducer
1968OrientationDirector
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

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