Ivan Reitman Biography (1946-)

Born October 27, 1946, in Komarmo, Czechoslovakia; immigrated to Canada, 1951; son of Leslie (an underground resistance fighter) and Klara (a survivor ofAuschwitz) Reitman; married Genevieve Robert, September 12, 1976; children: Jason (an actor), Catherine (an actress), Caroline. Addresses: Office:Northern Lights Entertainment, 100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 489, UniversalCity, CA 91608; The Montecito Picture Company, 1482 East Valley Road, Ste. 477, Montecito, CA 93108.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1804.

Nationality: Czech
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, composer
Birth Details: October 27, 1946; Komarmo, Czechoslovakia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Executive Producer
(And director) Cannibal Girls (also known as Des filles cannibales), American International Pictures, 1973
(And music supervisor) Rabid (also known as Rage), Alpha/New World, 1976
Blackout (also known as New York Blackout, Black-Out a New York, Et la terreur commence, and New York ne repond plus), Cineplex/New World, 1978
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (also known as Adventures in the Creep Zone and Road Gangs), Columbia, 1983
Big Shots, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
Feds, Warner Bros., 1988
Casual Sex?, Universal, 1988
Beethoven, MCA/Universal, 1992
Beethoven's Second, MCA/Universal, 1993
Commandments, Gramercy/Universal, 1997
Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins, Buena Vista Home Video, 1998
Road Trip, DreamWorks, 2000
Beethoven's 3rd, Universal, 2000
Killing Me Softly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
Old School, DreamWorks, 2003
Film Producer
(And editor and cinematographer) The Columbus of Sex (also known as My Secret Life), 1969
(And director, editor, and music supervisor) Foxy Lady, Cinepix, 1971
(And music supervisor) They Came from Within (also known as TheParasite Murders, Shivers, and Frissons), American International Pictures, 1975
(And music supervisor) House by the Lake (also known as Death Weekend), American International Pictures, 1977
Tigress (also known as Ilsa, Tigress of Siberia), 1977
(With Matty Simmons), National Lampoon's Animal House (also knownas Animal House), Universal, 1978
(With Dan Goldberg; and director) Stripes, Columbia, 1981
Heavy Metal, Columbia, 1981
(And director) Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984
(And director) Legal Eagles, Universal, 1986
(And director) Twins, Universal, 1988
(And director) Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
(With Brian Grazer; and director) Kindergarten Cop, Universal, 1990
(With Joe Medjuck and Michael C. Gross) Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Universal, 1992
(With Lauren Shuler-Donner; and director) Dave, Warner Bros., 1993
(And director) Junior (also known as Oh, Baby, Oh, Baby), Universal, 1994
Space Jam, Warner Bros., 1996

Private Parts (also known as Howard Stern's Private Parts),Paramount, 1997
(With Joel Silver; and director) Fathers' Day, Warner Bros., 1997
(And director) Six Days, Seven Nights, Buena Vista, 1998
(And director) Evolution, Columbia, 2001
Film Director
Meatballs (also known as Summer Camp), Paramount, 1979
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Voice of Zuul, Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984
The Canadian Conspiracy, Schtick/HBO/CBC, 1986
Ghostbusters' SFX Team Featurette, 1999
Imagining Heavy Metal, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999
Ghostbusters 1999, 1999
Television Executive Producer
Series
(With Marty Simmons), Delta House, ABC, 1979
Beethoven, CBS, 1994
Mummies Alive! (animated; also known as Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins), syndicated, 1997
Alienators: Evolution Continues (animated; also known as Evolution: The Animated Series), Fox, 2001
Movies
The Heidi Chronicles, 1995
The Late Shift, HBO, 1996
Television Work
Episodic
Director, Delta House, ABC, 1979
Specials
Executive producer, The First Gentleman, CBS, 1994
Television Appearances
Episodic
"Naked Hollywood," A&E Premieres, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Interviewee, The Directors, Encore, 1999
Specials
Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters, 1989
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1990
Host, Steve Martin: A Comic Life, Comedy Central, 1999
Interviewee, Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero, The Learning Channel, 1999
Interviewee, The American Presidency: Real to Reel (documentary),MSNBC, 1999
Reel Comedy: Evolution, Comedy Central, 2001
Interviewee, Behind the Movies: Animal House (documentary), NBC, 2001
Stage Work
(With Edgar Lansbury and Joseph Beruh) Producer, The Magic Show, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1974
Producer, The National Lampoon Show, New Palladium Theatre, New York City, 1975
Producer and director, Merlin, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1983
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Director of "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.
WRITINGS
Film Music
(With Doug Riley) Foxy Lady, Cinepix, 1971
They Came from Within (also known as The Parasite Murders, Shivers, and Frissons), American International Pictures, 1975
Rabid (also known as Rage), Alpha/New World, 1976
Television Episodes
The Real Ghostbusters, 1986

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The screenplay Legal Eagles was based on a story by Reitman.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Newsmakers 1986, Gale Research, 1987

Periodicals

Newsweek, May 10, 1993, pp. 59-60
Variety, February 16, 1998, p. 4

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