Music Directors - John Landis

John Landis is an America screenwriter, producer, actor and film director. In the world of music videos he is well known for his videos with Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and B.B King. He is most commonly known for his work in the film industry such as the film 'Twilight Zone - The Movie' and 'The Blues Brothers'.

Michael Jackson - 







These are the two videos that John Landis directed for Michael Jackson.

Thriller - This was shown in cinemas and was named the greatest music video in human history. But it was more of a short movie than a music video.  Landis is best known for his horror film and therefore was the best person to direct this video.
Black and White - Popularised the used of Digital Morphing. It raised the standard for music videos to use state of the art special effects.

Having been a film director, the music videos that John Landis has created is more in the style of short movies unlike a lot of music videos they follow a very detailed narrative and use a lot effects to make it more exciting to watch.

As well as directing these videos he has also directed;

• Spies like us - Paul McCartney 
• Into the Night  - B.B King 
• In the Midnight Hour - B.B King
• My Lucille - B.B King