Ivan Reitman
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Ivan Reitman (October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was prehaps the best, and certainly the most successful, comedy-film director of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He's the man who gave Bill Murray his first starring role (in Meatballs) and Arnold Schwarzenegger his first comedy lead role (in Twins). And he's the person who got everybody asking "Who you gonna call?" in 1984.
Born in Komarno, Czechoslovakia, Ivan Reitman grew up in Toronto, Canada. He went on to work with Dan Aykroyd and the Lampoon troupe that included John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray... which lead to his first big film, Animal House. And the rest is history.
While he never won an Oscar, Ivan Reitman was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2009 for his film work, and he has stars on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Director and Producer
- Foxy Lady (1971)
- Cannibal Girls (1973) - director and executive producer
- Stripes (1981)
- Ghostbusters (1984) - also voiced Zuul and Slimer, also directed the music video
- Legal Eagles (1986)
- Twins (1988)
- Ghostbusters II (1989) - also voiced "Man Walking Outside Firehouse" and Slimer
- Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- Dave (1993)
- Junior (1994)
- Fathers' Day (1997)
- Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
- Evolution (2001)
- No Strings Attached (2011) - also played "Secret High director"
- Draft Day (2014)
Director
- Meatballs (1979)
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Producer or Executive Producer
Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are movies where Ivan Reitman was the Executive Producer.
- The Magic Show (1974, original Toronto run, co-producer)
- Shivers (1975)
- Death Weekend (1976)
- Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)
- Rabid (1977) *
- Animal House (1978)
- Blackout (1978) *
- Heavy Metal (1981)
- The Magic Show (1983) *
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) *
- Big Shots (1987) *
- Casual Sex? (1988) *
- Feds (1988) *
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- Beethoven (1992) *
- Beethoven's 2nd (1993) *
- Space Jam (1996)
- Private Parts (1997)
- Commandments (1997) *
- Road Trip (2000) *
- Killing Me Softly (2002) *
- Old School (2003) *
- EuroTrip (2004) *
- Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) *
- Disturbia (2007) *
- Post Grad (2009)
- Up in the Air (2009)
- Chloe (2009)
- Hotel for Dogs (2009) *
- The Uninvited (2009) *
- I Love You, Man (2009) *
- Hitchcock (2012)
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- Baywatch (2017)
- Father Figures (2017)
- A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
- Godmothered (2020) *
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) *