Biography
Ivan Reitman OC (October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian-American film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He was best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Notable films he directed include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Dave (1993), and Junior (1994). Reitman also served as producer for s...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Producer
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world ...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Producer
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Gho...

Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Executive Producer
When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the w...

Godmothered
2020
Executive Producer
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored...

Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short lif...

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
2020
Producer
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween...

Who You Gonna Call?
2020
as Self
Filmmaker Fran Strine explores the riveting true story of the man who wrote and recorded the global smash hit song “Ghostbusters,” which became a univ...

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Bill Murray is considered by many of his fans to be "the coolest man in the world". But how is it that this actor, who for a long time did little more...

Father Figures
2017
Producer
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in or...

Baywatch
2017
Producer
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the ...

Ghostbusters
2016
Producer
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Pat...

Ghostheads
2016
as Self
A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the world meeting extreme Ghostbusters fans. Every Ghost...

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Director
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring ...

Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014
A retrospective on Ghostbusters 2.

Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014
Entertainment Journalist Geoff Boucher sits down with Director Ivan Reitman and Co-Writer/Actor Dan Aykroyd, who recall shooting the original, discuss...

Draft Day
2014
Director, Producer
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he'...

Hitchcock
2012
Producer
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert B...

No Strings Attached
2011
Director, Producer
Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attach...

Chloe
2010
Producer
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

Up in the Air
2009
Producer
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million f...

Post Grad
2009
Producer
Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilarious...

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'
2009
as Self
The making of the film "Hotel for Dogs".

I Love You, Man
2009
Executive Producer
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that...

The Uninvited
2009
Executive Producer
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rach...

Hotel for Dogs
2009
as Self - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. S...

Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
Documentary about the making of Animal House
On Screen!: Shivers
2008
as himself
The debut feature from Canada's most celebrated filmmaker, David Cronenberg, Shivers provided the young director with a crash course in feature filmma...

Disturbia
2007
Executive Producer
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He ...

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006
Director
When New York architect Matt Saunders dumps his new girlfriend Jenny Johnson—a smart, sexy, and reluctant superhero known as G-Girl—she uses her power...

EuroTrip
2004
Executive Producer
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
Old School: Orientation
2003
as Himself
Behind the scenes of Old School

Old School
2003
Executive Producer
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

Killing Me Softly
2002
Executive Producer
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

Evolution: The Animated Movie
2002
Executive Producer
Ivan Reitman brings an animated sequel to his summer adventure straight to your door! Four brave people were successful in protecting the earth from d...

Evolution
2001
Director, Producer
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the ...

Road Trip
2000
Executive Producer
After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self
Documentary tribute to actor and former bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Ghostbusters 1999
1999
as Self
Documentary Interviews of the director and cast of the original Ghostbusters film

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
1999
as Self
Documentary about the making of "Heavy Metal" (1981).

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Producer
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

Six Days Seven Nights
1998
Producer, Director
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin...

Fathers' Day
1997
Director, Producer
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Private Parts
1997
Producer
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...

Space Jam
1996
Producer
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic alie...

The Late Shift
1996
Executive Producer
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Junior
1994
Producer, Director
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out...

Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Executive Producer
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem i...

Dave
1993
Producer, Director
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Beethoven
1992
Executive Producer
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their h...

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
Producer
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu...

Kindergarten Cop
1990
Director, Producer
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord wh...

Ghostbusters II
1989
as Man Walking Outside Firehouse / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Ghostbusters II
1989
Producer, Director
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Twins
1988
Director, Producer
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proporti...

Feds
1988
Executive Producer
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns ...

Casual Sex?
1988
Executive Producer
Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the ...

Big Shots
1987
Executive Producer
Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a you...

Legal Eagles
1986
Director, Producer, Story
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client ...

The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.

Ghostbusters
1984
as Zuul / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who...

Ghostbusters
1984
Director, Producer
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who...

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Executive Producer
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil warlord.

Heavy Metal
1981
Producer
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Stripes
1981
Director, Producer
John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.

Meatballs
1979
Director
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the ca...

Blackout
1978
Executive Producer
A black comedy of violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout.

Animal House
1978
Producer
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia
1977
Producer
Siberia 1953: Ilsa is now working in a Gulag prison camp. Her mission is to "retrain the minds" of those who don't agree with the communists.

Rabid
1977
Executive Producer, Music Supervisor
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a retractable, vampiric stinger in her armpit and a t...

The House by the Lake
1976
Producer
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the h...

Shivers
1975
Producer
When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's ...

Cannibal Girls
1973
Story, Director, Executive Producer
A young couple spend the night in a restaurant, only to find out that it is haunted by three dead women who hunger for human flesh.

Foxy Lady
1971
Writer, Producer, Director
A gender-switched retelling of the myth of Hero and Leander. Hero (Alan Gordon) simply cannot resist helping people who are in trouble, and Leander (S...

The Columbus of Sex
1969
Director of Photography, Producer
An adaptation of the 1888 Victorian memoir “My Secret Life,” in which an author describes his lifelong pursuit of the perfect sexual experience. This ...

Orientation
1968
Director
Spoof of typical university orientation films, about a freshman's life at university.