Ivan Reitman filmography

Reitman in 2018

This is the filmography of Canadian film director and producer Ivan Reitman.

Film

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1968	Orientation	Yes	Yes	Also writer, editor, cinematographer and composer

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1971	Foxy Lady	Yes	Yes	Also editor and composer
1973	Cannibal Girls	Yes	Executive	Also story writer
1979	Meatballs	Yes	No	Golden Reel Award
1981	Stripes	Yes	Yes
1984	Ghostbusters	Yes	Yes
1986	Legal Eagles	Yes	Yes	Also story writer
1988	Twins	Yes	Yes
1989	Ghostbusters II	Yes	Yes
1990	Kindergarten Cop	Yes	Yes
1993	Dave	Yes	Yes
1994	Junior	Yes	Yes
1997	Fathers' Day	Yes	Yes
1998	Six Days, Seven Nights	Yes	Yes
2001	Evolution	Yes	Yes
2006	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Yes	No
2011	No Strings Attached	Yes	Yes
2014	Draft Day	Yes	Yes

Ref: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Ghostbusters	Zuul / Slimer	Voice role
1989	Ghostbusters II	"Man Walking Outside Firehouse / Slimer"
2011	No Strings Attached	"Secret High" director	Cameo
2021	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Egon Spengler's ghost	Motion capture body double

Executive producer only

• The Magic Show (1974)
• Rabid (1977) (Also music supervisor)
• Blackout (1978)
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
• Big Shots (1987)
• Casual Sex? (1988)
• Feds (1988)
• Beethoven (1992)
• Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
• Commandments (1997)
• Road Trip (2000)
• Killing Me Softly (2002)
• Old School (2003)
• EuroTrip (2004)
• Trailer Park Boys: The Movie ^[5] (2006)
• Disturbia (2007)
• Hotel for Dogs ^[6] (2009)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• I Love You, Man (2009)
• Godmothered ^[7] (2020)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Producer only

Year	Title	Notes
1969	The Columbus of Sex	Also cinematographer
1975	Shivers	Also music supervisor
1976	Death Weekend
1977	Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia	As "Julian Parnell"
1978	Animal House
1981	Heavy Metal [8]
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1996	Space Jam
1997	Private Parts
2009	Post Grad
	Up in the Air	Nominated: Academy Award for Best Picture
	Chloe
2012	Hitchcock
2016	Ghostbusters
2017	Baywatch
	Father Figures
2020	A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
2021	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	[9] [10]
2024	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Posthumous credit; dedication [11]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive producer	Notes
1997	Metropolitan Hospital [12]	No	Creator	Yes	Unsold pilot
2004	Cooking Lessons [13]	Yes	No	No	TV movie

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Notes
1979	Delta House [14]	13 episodes
1994	Beethoven	13 episodes
1996	The Late Shift	TV movie
1997	Mummies Alive!	42 episodes
1999	The First Gentleman	TV movie
2001–02	Alienators: Evolution Continues	13 episodes
2006	That Guy	TV movie

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2006	That Guy	TV movie
2008	Atom TV	5 episodes (segments "Border Patrol")

Music video

Year	Title	Artist
1984	"Ghostbusters" [15]	Ray Parker Jr.

Documentary appearances

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood
2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2016	Ghostheads
2019	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020	Who You Gonna Call?
2022	In Search of Tomorrow	Posthumous release; dedication
2023	Arnold	Posthumous release; episode: "Part 2: Actor"

References

1. HOFSESS, JOHN. "The magic and decidedly 'ungroovy' garden of film-maker Ivan Reitman | Maclean's | NOVEMBER 1970". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
2. "Orientation, 1968". Digital Archive @ McMaster University Library. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
3. Morris, Chris (February 14, 2022). "Ivan Reitman, 'Ghostbusters' Director, Dies at 75". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
4. Sobczynski, Peter (February 14, 2022). "Ivan Reitman: 1946-2022 | Tributes". Roger Ebert. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
5. "Reitman will serve as executive producer for Trailer Park Boys movie". The Globe and Mail. April 28, 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
6. "Hotel for Dogs". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
7. Kit, Borys (January 9, 2020). "Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher to Star in Disney+ Comedy 'Godmothered' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reoprter. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
8. Konrad, Jeremy (February 11, 2022). "Heavy Metal Comes To 4K Blu-ray On April 19th". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
9. "Original Ghostbusters director stood in as Egon Spengler in Afterlife". Ghostbusters News. November 25, 2021. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
10. Inguanzo, Ozzy (November 2021). Ghostbusters: Afterlife: The Art and Making of the Movie (First ed.). London: Titan Books. p. 191. ISBN   9781789096521.
11. Grobar, Matt (January 9, 2024). "'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's Release Date Pushed Forward By Sony". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 28, 2025.
12. Richmond, Ray (1997-01-14). "Fox exex soft-shoe critical barrage". Variety. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
13. Schneider, Michael (2004-03-23). "Bellows 'Cooking' at CBS". Variety. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
14. Leszczak, Bob (2012). Single season sitcoms, 1948-1979 : a complete guide. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 34. ISBN   978-0-7864-9305-0. OCLC   817224423.
15. Ryan, Mike (June 6, 2014). "The Inside Story Of The 'Ghostbusters' Music Video". ScreenCrush. Retrieved 2022-02-18.