Biography
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 an...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Superman: The Starlight Emperor
2025
The Kryptonian Epic reimagines the DC Universe as a single epic story, remixing classic stories with new ones, all from a lens of character-based huma...
Superman: The Starlight Emperor
2025
Director, Writer
The Kryptonian Epic reimagines the DC Universe as a single epic story, remixing classic stories with new ones, all from a lens of character-based huma...
Z! The Magical Girl
2025
as Himself
Zatanna Zatara’s origin is explained in this feature length continuation of Max Landis’ Kryptonian Epic. It is the longest piece of visual media dedic...
Z! The Magical Girl
2025
Director, Screenplay
Zatanna Zatara’s origin is explained in this feature length continuation of Max Landis’ Kryptonian Epic. It is the longest piece of visual media dedic...
Shadow in the Cloud
2020
Writer
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Bright
2017
Writer
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Assholes
2017
Executive Producer
Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relaps...
Me Him Her
2016
as Party Bystander
Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.
Me Him Her
2016
Director, Screenplay, Music
Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.
Mr. Right
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
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.
Victor Frankenstein
2015
Screenplay, Story
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
American Ultra
2015
Screenplay
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 ...
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
2015
as Max Landis
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
2015
Director, Writer, Producer
Video Games: The Movie
2014
as Self
From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, "Video Games: The Movie" is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric ...
Chronicle
2012
Screenplay, Story
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to contr...
Burke & Hare
2010
as Handsome Coachman
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006
as Self
Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.
Deer Woman
2005
Writer
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Ghostrider
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 hospit...
The Stupids
1996
as Graffiti Artist
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Spies Like Us
1985
Thanks
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
An American Werewolf in London
N/A
Screenplay
As she travels through the UK with her boyfriend, Alex is bitten by a werewolf in this remake of the 1981 classic.
Deeper
N/A
Story, Screenplay
A deep-sea dive turns into an unexpected psychological exploration for a former astronaut who signed up for the mission.