Max Landis
Max Landis (born August 3, 1985) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer. His screenwriting credits include Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017). He is director John Landis' son.
See his official website. He also makes videos on YouTube, see his channel Uptomyknees.
Filmography:
As director
- The Death and Return of Superman (2012 short, about The Death of Superman)
- Me Him Her (2015)
- Wrestling Isn't Wrestling (2015 short, about Triple H's career in the WWE)
As screenwriter
- Chronicle (2012)
- American Ultra (2015)
- Victor Frankenstein (2015)
- Mr. Right (2015)
- Bright (2017)
As creator
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016, inspired by the detective novel by Douglas Adams)
Max Landis provides examples of the following tropes:
- Fanfic: He wrote The Shocker: Legit, a Spider-Man fanfic, and Super Mario World, an epic sequel script to the Super Mario film, among other things.