# Producer Director Ivan Reitman has passed away at 75 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 14, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439 "2022-02-14T07:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/1 "2022-02-14T07:35:14Z")
Director of, among many others, Stripes and Ghostbusters. He directed and/or produced quite a few very funny films. > **[Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ Director, Dies at 75](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ivan-reitman-dead-dies-ghostbusters-director-1235180792/)** > > Producer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12 in Montecito, Calif., his famil… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/2 "2022-02-14T08:19:24Z")
I still consider _Ghostbusters_ to be a classic. Ivan gave us a lot of laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/3 "2022-02-14T13:50:35Z")
Came in to report this. He had a stellar resume of classics under his belt. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/4 "2022-02-14T14:41:31Z")
If you had to pick one director that defined the 80s, Reitman is the only one that could have beat John Hughes. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/5 "2022-02-14T14:53:44Z")
Reitman had a sequel to _Twins_ in pre-production titled _Triplets_. Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Danny DeVito reprise their charaters, and this time around discover they have a sibling (who may or may not be Eddie Murphy.) I’m not sure it would be a great loss if it gets scrapped now. R.I.P. Mr. Reitman. _Dave_ was a great flick ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/6 "2022-02-14T16:21:31Z")
He lived long enough to see his Son complete the new _Ghostbusters: Afterlife_. Jason said in 2021 interviews that his dad was among the first to read the finished script. He also visited the set during filming. Ivan directed many of my favorite comedies. Animal House and Ghostbusters are extremely funny. Some trivia, Reitman directed _Rabid_, with Marilyn Chambers in a rare non adult starring role. It’s actually pretty good low budget horror. RIP ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/7 "2022-02-14T17:14:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Some trivia, Reitman directed _Rabid_ , with Marilyn Chambers in a rare non adult starring role. It’s actually pretty good low budget horror. I’m afraid you’re off here. **Rabid** was one of David Cronenberg’s defining “erotic horror” films. Reitman was one of its executive producers. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/8 "2022-02-14T17:39:07Z")
Oh, I had forgotten that Ivan didn’t direct that project. Rabid is a good film. I looked at IMDB and see he was producer on Animal House. It’s hard to remember which films people produce and which they direct. Sometimes it’s both. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/producer-director-ivan-reitman-has-passed-away-at-75/959439/9 "2022-02-14T21:11:06Z")
A very sad day, here’s to not crossing the streams in the afterlife. Ivan was a local boy, attending high school less than 1km from where I am sitting now.