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Harold Ramis
Director 1944 - 2014

Harold Ramis

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor and filmmaker, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he co-wrote. As a... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

10 titles
Year One

Year One

Harold Ramis 2009 1h 37m 5.4

When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.

The Ice Harvest

The Ice Harvest

Harold Ramis 2005 1h 28m 5.7

A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

Analyze That

Analyze That

Harold Ramis 2002 1h 36m 5.9

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.

Bedazzled

Bedazzled

Harold Ramis 2000 1h 33m 5.9

Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as could be expected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies.

Analyze This

Analyze This

Harold Ramis 1999 1h 43m 6.7

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.

Multiplicity

Multiplicity

Harold Ramis 1996 1h 57m 5.7

Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds who offers him a rather unusual solution to his problems - cloning.

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

Harold Ramis 1993 1h 41m 8.4

A comedy about an egocentric and sinister television weather reporter with a bad case of Deja-Vu. The weather reporter, Bill Murray, is sent to the famous Groundhog Day tradition in the small town of Punxsutawney were he unwillingly has to report on a little more than he expected. Let's just say he had to do a few retakes of the report.

Club Paradise

Club Paradise

Harold Ramis 1986 1h 36m

When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.

Vacation

Vacation

Harold Ramis 1983 1h 39m 6.9

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

Caddyshack

Caddyshack

Harold Ramis 1980 1h 38m 7.3

At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.

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