1. Max Landis was born on August 3,1985 and is an American filmmaker.
18 Facts About Max Landis
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Max Landis wrote scripts for the films Chronicle, American Ultra, Victor Frankenstein, and Bright.
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Max Landis wrote and directed the film Me Him Her, produced the first two seasons of the Syfy series Channel Zero, and created the series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency based on the novel, for BBC America.
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Max Landis has written limited series published by DC and Image Comics.
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Max Landis appeared briefly in some of his father's films, including The Stupids, Blues Brothers 2000, and Burke and Hare.
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Max Landis started writing at 16, and sold his first script at the age of 18, a collaboration with his father on the Masters of Horror episode "Deer Woman".
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Max Landis was hired in 2011 as screenwriter for Mr Right, a violent romantic comedy released to mixed reviews in 2015.
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Max Landis sold Chronicle, a script previously included on the Black List of promising unproduced screenplays, to 20th Century Fox's Davis Entertainment.
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Max Landis wrote a draft for a sequel, but Fox was unhappy with it and the project was discontinued.
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Max Landis has written and directed two short comedic features released on YouTube.
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Max Landis was later hired as a consultant for WWE Raw.
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In September 2012, Max Landis sold a "superhero police drama" TV series titled Vigilant to Fox, and planned to executive produce it with Homeland producer Howard Gordon, but the project was cancelled.
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In 2012 Max Landis began work on his directorial debut, Me Him Her, which received a limited released in March 2016 to mixed reviews.
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In February 2015, Max Landis directed Ariana Grande's music video "One Last Time".
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Max Landis was accused of plagiarizing the style and themes of the video from the music video for "You Are the One" by Australian band SAFIA.
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In September 2017, Max Landis published a website called "A Scar No One Else Can See", which contained a 150-page theory on the themes of Carly Rae Jepsen's songs, arguing that they present a dark, three-part narrative about heartbreak and rejection.
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Analysis of the script finds it mostly unchanged from his first draft, and Max Landis has said he is very happy with the finished product.
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In February 2020, Max Landis announced Glass Planet Consulting, a "creative coaching and consulting resource for screenwriters living and working in Los Angeles".