Ivan Reitman

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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.

Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University . He produced two films for director David Cronenberg with Shivers/They Came from Within/The Parasite Murders (1974) and Rabid (1976). His big break came when he produced National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978 and directed Meatballs in 1979 . From there, he directed and produced a number of comedies including Stripes ( 1981 ), Ghostbusters ( 1984 ), Twins ( 1988 ), Ghostbusters II ( 1989 ), Kindergarten Cop ( 1990 ), Dave ( 1993 ), Junior ( 1994 ), Six Days Seven Nights (1998) and Evolution ( 2001 ).

In the early 1990s, Reitman began to direct fewer films, but increased his role as a producer and executive producer. He helped to produce the animated film Heavy Metal ( 1981 ), Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone ( 1983 ), Beethoven ( 1992 ), Beethoven's 2nd ( 1993 ), Space Jam ( 1996 ), Private Parts ( 1997 ), Road Trip ( 2000 ), Old School ( 2003 ) and Eurotrip ( 2004 ).

Reitman was working on a remake of The Pink Panther in 2005 but backed out.

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Reitman's first producing job was with then-brand new station CITY-TV in Toronto. CITY also was also the home of the first announcing job of his later friend and collaborator Dan Aykroyd . However, Reitman's tenure at CITY was short and he was fired during his first year by station owner Moses Znaimer .

Reitman now works at the Montecito Picture Company, a film production company located just south of Santa Barbara.

Ivan's next film is entitled Super-Ex starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson.

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