Max Landis

Max Landis (born August 3, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He is the son of director John Landis. He wrote scripts for the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017). He wrote and directed the film Me Him Her (2015), produced the first two seasons of the Syfy series Channel Zero (2016), and created the series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016) based on the novel, for BBC America. He has also written a limited series published by DC and Image Comics. In 2011 and 2012, he was listed among Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" young people to watch in the entertainment industry. His career stalled in 2017, following accusations from several women of emotional and sexual abuse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Shadow in the Cloud

A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

Release Date: 2020-12-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 995

Bright

In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.

Release Date: 2017-12-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5728

Assholes

Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.

Release Date: 2017-03-11

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 10

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

Release Date: 2016-10-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 813

Me Him Her

Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.

Release Date: 2016-03-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Party Bystander

Vote Count: 37

Mr. Right

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

Release Date: 2016-02-29

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1365

Victor Frankenstein

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Release Date: 2015-11-10

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2157

American Ultra

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

Release Date: 2015-08-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2807

Video Games: The Movie

From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, "Video Games: The Movie" is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started it all, the icons of game design, and the geek gurus who are leading us into the future, "Video Games: The Movie" is a celebration of gaming from Atari to Xbox and an eye-opening look at what lies ahead.

Release Date: 2014-07-18

Character: Self

Vote Count: 223

The 3:07 AM Project

The devil's hour, which takes place at 3:07 AM, is the most haunted time of the day. VICE and The Conjuring selected four directors to create short horror films inspired by that idea.

Release Date: 2013-07-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Chronicle

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Release Date: 2012-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 5392

Burke & Hare

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

Release Date: 2010-10-29

Character: Handsome Coachman

Vote Count: 475

Fear Itself

A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.

Release Date: 2008-06-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 159

Working with a Master: John Landis

Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.

Release Date: 2006-06-27

Character: Self

Blues Brothers 2000

Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.

Release Date: 1998-02-05

Character: Ghostrider

Vote Count: 689

The Stupids

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Release Date: 1996-08-08

Character: Graffiti Artist

Vote Count: 73

Spies Like Us

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Release Date: 1985-12-06

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 645

An American Werewolf in London

As she travels through the UK with her boyfriend, Alex is bitten by a werewolf in this remake of the 1981 classic.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Deeper

A deep-sea dive turns into an unexpected psychological exploration for a former astronaut who signed up for the mission.

Department: Writing

Job: Story