Known for Writing
Christopher Beau Landon (born February 27, 1975) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for working in the horror and comedy horror genre. He has worked as a screenwriter on the thriller Disturbia and most films in the Paranormal Activity found-footage horror series. He wrote and directed Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, as well as the horror comedy films Happy Death Day, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Happy Death Day 2U, Freaky, and We Have a Ghost. He wrote and made his directorial debut on the satirical thriller Burning Palms (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Landon (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
February 27, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
40 films, 4 shows


Drop
2025 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.


We Have a Ghost
2023 · 2h 7m
country: United States
After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latter's past, they become targets of the CIA.


Freaky
2020 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.


Happy Death Day 2U
2019 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.


Happy Death Day
2017 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.


Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.


Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very soul.


Burning Palms
2010 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate
Only Child
Only Child
1996 · 22m
country: Unknown
Early short film by Christopher Landon and David Ogden.