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Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946, Komárno) is a Slovak-born, Canadian-raised film producer and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 90s.
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Ivan Reitman (born October 27 , 1946 in Komárno in the former Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovakia -born, Canadian -raised Jewish film producer and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Ivan Reitman, as a producer and director, has created many of contemporary cinema's most successful and best-loved comedies. From raucous comedies like ANIMAL HOUSE, STRIPES, and GHOSTBUSTERS, to sophisticated delights like DAVE and SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS, Reitman has been the creative force behind films beloved by audiences around the world.
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Any time Ivan Reitman produces a comedy, the ads are happy to proclaim, "From the producer of Ghostbusters or some such credit." Reitman ... produced the teen thriller Disturbia, but his name's not on the poster. Though it may seem out of character, Reitman has a thriller background to go with his comedy.
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Reitman was born in Montreal, Canada on Oct. 19, 1977 to Ivan Reitman and Geneviève Robert. Only a short 11 days later, the younger Reitman landed on his first film set – that of the soon-to-be monster hit, “Animal House†(1978) – a film produced by his father. While Reitman was still a child, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where his father would go on to make some of the best loved comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s. In fact, Reitman’s first film-related memory was as two-year-old on the set of Bill Murray’s “Meatballs†(1979); literally growing up on his father’s film sets, surrounded by the best comic talents of the day. As he entered adolescence, Reitman tried his hand at acting, working as an extra in a number of his father’s films, including “Twins†(1988) and “Ghostbusters II†(1989).
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Reitman moved to Canada as a child. Often using talent from the Second City comedy troupe/Saturday Night Live casts, he has enjoyed great success as a director and producer of comic films. He coproduced Animal House (1978) and directed Meatballs (1979) and Ghostbusters (1984; he directed and produced its sequels). He directed and produced Stripes (1981) and Dave (1993). Reitman produced Twins (1988), Arnold Schwarzenegger's first comic hit, as well as the recent films Space Jam (1996) and Private Parts (1997). He was co-nominated for Emmy Awards for the TV movies The Heidi Chronicles (1995) and The Late Shift (1996).
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