The filmmaker who give us comedy classics like animal house and Ghostbusters has died his family says Ivan Reitman died in his sleep Saturday at his home in California he was seventy five years old the Czech born filmmaker is known for making us laugh but he said in this Associated Press interview last year that his approach to comedy was a key reason goes bust is still resonated with fans I always have a service since you're approaching the comedy insist I took it seriously those yeah it's a service deal with realistically honest way right until the movie hits included animal house meatballs and stripes I'm Oscar wells Gabriel