Christopher Landon (other)
Christopher Landon may refer to: * Christopher Landon (screenwriter) (1911–1961), British novelist and screenwriter * Christopher Landon (filmmaker) Christopher Beau Landon (born February 27, 1975) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for writing the thriller '' Disturbia'' (2007) and found-footage films '' Paranormal Activity 2'' (2010), ''Paranormal Activity ...

Christopher Landon (screenwriter)
Christopher Guy Landon (29 March 1911 – 26 April 1961) was a British novelist and screenwriter best known for the novel ''Ice Cold in Alex'' and its subsequent film adaption. Biography Landon was born in West Byfleet, Surrey. His father was a stockjobber of Huguenot descent and he was a distant cousin of the author Perceval Landon. He was educated at Lancing College and Clare College, Cambridge where he studied medicine. Landon served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Army Service Corps in North Africa during the Second World War. Granted a field commission, Landon ended the war as a Captain and was granted an honorary promotion to Major when he relinquished his commission in 1951. After the war he wrote several novels including ''A Flag in the City'', a fictional account of British intelligence destroying German fifth column operations in Persia; ''Stone Cold Dead in the Market''; ''Hornet's Nest''; ''Dead Men Rise Up Never''; and ''Unseen Enemy'' (also kn ...
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