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 Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which introduced John Belushi to American filmgoers, and the family features Beethoven (1992) and Beethoven's 2nd (1993). His directing credits include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), films starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis; Dave (1993), which starred Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, Junior (1994) which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson. Reitman also produced the HBO telefilm The Late Shift (1996), based on Bill Carter's non-fiction book about the late-night television wars which received seven Emmy nominations. Other producing endeavors include Commandments (1997), starring Aidan Quinn and Courteney Cox, Private Parts (1997), starring Howard Stern, as well as the animation/live action film Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters. With Twins (1988), Reitman created an entirely new comedic persona for action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger -- and forged a personal and professional relationship that continued with Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Junior (1994). Acclaimed dramatic actors such as Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, and Emma Thompson also revealed untapped comic talents under Reitman's direction. In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie awards. In 1979 and again in 1989, for the films National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Twins (1988), Reitman was honored with the People's Choice Award. In November of 1994, Reitman became the third director honored by Variety magazine in a special Billion Dollar Director issue.Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia, to Jewish Holocaust survivors, and left with his family for Canada at the age of four. He attended Canada's McMaster University, where he produced and directed several television shorts. He followed with a live television show, Greed: The Series (1999), with Dan Aykroyd as its announcer. "Spellbound," which Reitman produced for the live stage, evolved into the Broadway hit "The Magic Show," starring Doug Henning. He continued producing for the stage with the Off-Broadway hit "The National Lampoon Show," and returned to Broadway to produce and direct the musical "Merlin," earning a Tony nomination for directing. Reitman headed The Montecito Picture Company, a film and television production company, with partner Tom Pollock. His television credits included the Emmy-nominated children's show The Real Ghostbusters (1986) and the Saturday morning animated series Beethoven (1994) for CBS. His last directing credited was Draft Day (2014), before his death in February 2022 in Montecito, California.
Bio:
Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which introduced John Belushi to American filmgoers, and the family features Beethoven (1992) and Beethoven's 2nd (1993). His directing credits include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), films starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis; Dave (1993), which starred Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, Junior (1994) which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson. Reitman also produced the HBO telefilm The Late Shift (1996), based on Bill Carter's non-fiction book about the late-night television wars which received seven Emmy nominations. Other producing endeavors include Commandments (1997), starring Aidan Quinn and Courteney Cox, Private Parts (1997), starring Howard Stern, as well as the animation/live action film Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters. With Twins (1988), Reitman created an entirely new comedic persona for action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger -- and forged a personal and professional relationship that continued with Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Junior (1994). Acclaimed dramatic actors such as Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, and Emma Thompson also revealed untapped comic talents under Reitman's direction. In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie awards. In 1979 and again in 1989, for the films National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Twins (1988), Reitman was honored with the People's Choice Award. In November of 1994, Reitman became the third director honored by Variety magazine in a special Billion Dollar Director issue.Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia, to Jewish Holocaust survivors, and left with his family for Canada at the age of four. He attended Canada's McMaster University, where he produced and directed several television shorts. He followed with a live television show, Greed: The Series (1999), with Dan Aykroyd as its announcer. "Spellbound," which Reitman produced for the live stage, evolved into the Broadway hit "The Magic Show," starring Doug Henning. He continued producing for the stage with the Off-Broadway hit "The National Lampoon Show," and returned to Broadway to produce and direct the musical "Merlin," earning a Tony nomination for directing. Reitman headed The Montecito Picture Company, a film and television production company, with partner Tom Pollock. His television credits included the Emmy-nominated children's show The Real Ghostbusters (1986) and the Saturday morning animated series Beethoven (1994) for CBS. His last directing credited was Draft Day (2014), before his death in February 2022 in Montecito, California.
Tivia:
His mother, Klara (Raab), was an inmate at Auschwitz and his father, Ladislav, later Leslie, Reitman, was an underground resistance fighter against the Nazis. His family was Jewish.Liked to place his children: Caroline Reitman, Catherine Reitman and Jason Reitman in his movies.He and Jason Reitman are one of only two father/son producing teams to be nominated for an Best Picture Oscar (for Up in the Air (2009) in 2010). The other is Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori for The Postman (1994).He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 5, 1997.Has produced two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Ghostbusters (1984). Has also directed one film that is in the registry: Ghostbusters (1984).According to his audio commentary on Ghostbusters (1984), the proton packs were much heavier than they looked, and some were heavier than others depending on what was demanded of certain scenes. None of the actors enjoyed wearing them, but according to Reitman, Harold Ramis complained the least (he would not say who complained the most).Founder of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Student films include: "Freak Film" and "Orientation", which was distributed in Canada by 20th Century Fox as a short opening for a Dustin Hoffman vehicle. Reitman was arrested with Dan Goldberg for producing a "Columbus of Sex" at McMaster in 1970. The film was based on the Victorian novel "My Secret Life". During the trial, the men who went on to form Northern Lights Entertainment, were offered $175,000 by MGM to make a feature to be called "Foxy Ladies". They were the first Canadians convicted under Canada's decency laws, despite widespread critical acclaim and support from the arts community. They were fined $300.00 and put on a year's probation.Worked on films in Canada with David Cronenberg.Was interested in directing Batman (1989).Was originally going to direct The Pink Panther (2006), but chose not to, staying on as producer of the film.Received his Bachelor of Music degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (1969).Ivan and his family donated the land his father had bought in the 1950s and employed as a parking lot for the downtown sector to the TIFF org. it's now where the TIFF Bell Lightbox stands.He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of Canada) by the Governor General of Canada on December 30, 2009 for his services to filmmaking.Started three production companies after leaving Cin��pix: Ivan Reitman Productions (from 1977 until 1991), Northern Lights Entertainment (from 1991 until 1998) and The Montecito Picture Company (from 1998 onwards).He provides the voice of Zuul the evil spirit in the Ghostbusters film.The only director of a Ghostbusters film who did not direct an episode of The Office (2005). Co-star and co-writer Harold Ramis also directed multiple episodes of the show.Attended the 2008 Academy Awards with his son Jason Reitman.In 1983, he was nominated for two Broadway Tony Awards for "Merlin": as Best Director (Musical) and as one of the co-producers of the Best Musical nominee. |
| Name: |
Ivan Reitman |
Type: |
Producer,Additional Crew,Director (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Producer,Additional Crew,Director |
| Products for sale: |
Producer,Additional Crew,Director |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:24:34 |
| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema\'s most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood\'s acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoo |
| Trivia: |
His mother, Klara (Raab), was an inmate at Auschwitz and his father, Ladislav, later Leslie, Reitman, was an underground resistance fighter against the Nazis. His family was Jewish.Liked to place his children: Caroline Reitman, Catherine Reitman and Jason Reitman in his movies.He and Jason Reitman are one of only two father/son producing teams to be nominated for an Best Picture Oscar (for Up in the Air (2009) in 2010). The other is Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori for The Postman (1994).He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 5, 1997.Has produced two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Ghostbusters (1984). Has also directed one film that is in the registry: Ghostbusters (1984).According to his audio commentary on Ghostbusters (1984), the proton packs were much heavier than they looked, and some were heavier than others depending on what was demanded of certain scenes. None of the actors enjoyed wearing them, but according to Reitman, Harold Ramis complained the least (he would not say who complained the most).Founder of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Student films include: "Freak Film" and "Orientation", which was distributed in Canada by 20th Century Fox as a short opening for a Dustin Hoffman vehicle. Reitman was arrested with Dan Goldberg for producing a "Columbus of Sex" at McMaster in 1970. The film was based on the Victorian novel "My Secret Life". During the trial, the men who went on to form Northern Lights Entertainment, were offered $175,000 by MGM to make a feature to be called "Foxy Ladies". They were the first Canadians convicted under Canada's decency laws, despite widespread critical acclaim and support from the arts community. They were fined $300.00 and put on a year's probation.Worked on films in Canada with David Cronenberg.Was interested in directing Batman (1989).Was originally going to direct The Pink Panther (2006), but chose not to, staying on as producer of the film.Received his Bachelor of Music degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (1969).Ivan and his family donated the land his father had bought in the 1950s and employed as a parking lot for the downtown sector to the TIFF org. it's now where the TIFF Bell Lightbox stands.He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of Canada) by the Governor General of Canada on December 30, 2009 for his services to filmmaking.Started three production companies after leaving Cin��pix: Ivan Reitman Productions (from 1977 until 1991), Northern Lights Entertainment (from 1991 until 1998) and The Montecito Picture Company (from 1998 onwards).He provides the voice of Zuul the evil spirit in the Ghostbusters film.The only director of a Ghostbusters film who did not direct an episode of The Office (2005). Co-star and co-writer Harold Ramis also directed multiple episodes of the show.Attended the 2008 Academy Awards with his son Jason Reitman.In 1983, he was nominated for two Broadway Tony Awards for "Merlin": as Best Director (Musical) and as one of the co-producers of the Best Musical nominee. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently worked with producer Joe Medjuck and screenwriters Len Blum & Daniel Goldberg
Recurring themes of the 'common man' triumphing where professionals failed
Frequently cast Bill Murray
Sci-fi and slapstick humour
Often cast Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Quotes: |
This is not my generation. I'm of the baby boom generation. We think we invented free love.
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[film-making advice to his son Jason] Your job is not to make things funny. Your job is to tell the truth on a daily basis.
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[on current comedy, 2013] The world has become more abrasive, possibly because of social media. But people said that about us. The sexuality seems to have lessened. There's more squeamishness about nudity and sex, but there's a lot more scatological interest today than there seemed to be thirty years ago. It's a weird shift.
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[on the comedy of Melissa McCarthy] She's certainly extraordinarily talented. She has a way of using her physicality. And there's something about her nimbleness in moving a fairly hefty body around that is humorous, has been for generations.
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[on John Belushi and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)] What John brought was this wonderful energy based on the comedies he loved from the 50s - The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello - that physicality of the great American early comedians, against this very brash and contemporary way of speaking that the script had. It made it very special.. But when I worked with him before the movie and SNL, he was Brando onstage. He was the guy you couldn't take your eyes off. One of the great tragedies is that with his addictions he lost control of all his talent. |
| Job title: |
Producer,Additional Crew,Director |
| Others works: |
(March 25, 1975 - April 22, 1975) He produced the musical, "The Magic Show," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Peter DePaula, Paul Keith, Pippa Pearthree, Hester Llewellyn, Signa Joy, Susan Edwards, Daniel Cass, W.P. Dremak, Richard B |
| Spouse: |
Genevi��ve Robert (September 12, 1976 - February 12, 2022) (his death, 3 children) |
| Children: |
Jason ReitmanCaroline ReitmanCatherine Reitman |
| Parents: |
Leslie Reitman
Clara Reitman |
| Relatives: |
Josephine Reitman (Niece or Nephew)
Josephine Reitman (Grandchild) |
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