Max Landis

Landis in 2011, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 3, 1985

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Max Landis is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer. He directed and wrote the film Me Him Her, wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra, Mr. Right, Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), and co-wrote the film Shadow in the Cloud. He also wrote limited series for DC Comics and Image Comics, created the show Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, which he also wrote for; co-wrote the episode Masters of Horror: Deer Woman; and wrote the episode Fear Itself: Something with Bite.

Max is the son of director and producer John Landis and costume designer, author, and professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis. He has a sister, Rachel.

Max’s paternal grandfather was Marshall Landis (the son of Maxwell Landis and Muriel Davidson). Maxwell was born in Russia. Muriel was the daughter of Jacob Davidson and Pearl Stone.

Max’s paternal grandmother was Shirley Magaziner (the daughter of Harry Arthur Magaziner and May Potasky). Shirley was born in Ohio. Harry was born in Ohio, the son of Russian Jewish parents, Benjamin/Bernard/Bono Magaziner and Lena Speck. May was born in Ohio, the daughter of Louis John Potasky, from Kiev, and Elizabeth Thal/Phal, who were also Russian Jewish immigrants.

Max’s maternal grandfather was named Milton Nadoolman.

Max’s maternal grandmother was named Laura Kessler (the daughter of Max Kessler and Dora). Laura was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Max Landis (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Death record of Max’s paternal great-grandmother, Muriel (Davidson) Landis – https://www.familysearch.org

Max’s paternal grandmother, Shirley Magaziner, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Max’s maternal grandmother, Laura (Kessler) Nadoolman – http://www.legacy.com