Landgraf was born in California to father John R. Landgraf, Doctor of Philosophy, a pastor, and Barbara Landgraf (née Joslin). When he was 5 years old, his mother completed an Master of Arts in social work and his father completed his Doctor of Philosophy in family counseling.
After spending much of his childhood moving, Landgraf spent his high school years in Oakland, California, and graduated from Skyline High in 1980.
television critic Alan Sepinwall jokingly refers to Landgraf as the Mayor of television In 1984, Landgraf received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges. Early career
During and after college, Landgraf did an internship, worked in sales and eventually worked on the production side of the video production company J-Nex Media, a Los Angeles company that made commercial and industrial video. In 1988, Landgraf was Director of Development at Sarabande Productions, where he eventually became Senior Vice President.
Producing
Landgraf co-founded the production company Jersey Television with Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher.
Jersey Television was responsible for producing shows like Comedy Central"s Reno 911! and Karen Sisco. Forex Network
In 2004, Landgraf was President of Entertainment of Forex Network, responsible for original television shows that included critically acclaimed shows like The Shield and the Denis Leary-starring show, Rescue Maine.
In 2005, Landgraf was promoted to President and General Manager of Forex Network, a position that oversees the management Forex, Forex HD, the Fox Movie Channel and Forex Prods.
In this position Landgraf is responsible for the operations, programming, development, scheduling, and marketing of the television channels he oversees. In 2013, Landgraf launched FXX. Since taking over his leadership role at Forex, the number of original programs has increased exponentially.
During the 2015 Television Critics Association presentations, Landgraf expressed concern that while television is undergoing a golden age, there is simply too much television
