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Jan de Bont

Cinematographer | Director | Producer

Jan de Bont was born in the Netherlands to a Roman Catholic Dutch family on the 22 of October 1943. He has always had a creative mind and good mentality for camera techniques and soon got into film as a popular cinematographer. He worked on a huge number of films before finding himself on the production of the film Speed... See full bio »

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in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
– Split Personality (1992)
 
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 (director of photography)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1992 Shining Through (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1990 Flatliners (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1990 Parker Kane (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1990 The Hunt for Red October (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1989 Black Rain (as Jan De Bont / director of photography)
 
1989 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
 
1988 Die Hard (as Jan De Bont)
 
1987 Leonard Part 6
 
1987 Who's That Girl (director of photography / as Jan Debont)
 
1986 Ruthless People
 
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1985 The Jewel of the Nile (director of photography / as Jan DeBont)
 
1985 Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour (video documentary) (intro sequence)
 
1985 Flesh+Blood
 
1985 Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (TV movie)
 
1984 Growing Pains
 
1984 American Dreamer (partly)
 
1983 Sadat (TV movie)
 
1983 All the Right Moves (director of photography / as Jan DeBont)
 
1983 Cujo (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1983 The Fourth Man
 
1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
 
1982 Night Warning (uncredited)
 
1982 Breach of Contract (director of photography / as Jan De Bont)
 
1981 Roar
 
1981 Private Lessons
 
1978 Speed Fever (documentary)
 
1976 Max Havelaar
 
1975 De laatste trein
 
1975 Keetje Tippel
 
1974 Dakota (some scenes)
 
1974 Pas de deux (TV short)
 
1973 51 minuten Ko van Dijk (TV documentary) (uncredited)
 
1973 The Family
 
1973 Turkish Delight
 
1973 De blinde fotograaf
 
1972 John, the Knife and the River
 
1972 Kapsalon
 
1971 Diary of a Hooker
 
1971 Blue Movie
 
1970 De worstelaar (short)
 
1970 Een winterliefde (short)
 
1969 Drop-out
 
1969 The White Slave
 
1969 Carna (short)
 
1969 Baby in de boom (short)
 
1967 Paranoia
 
1967 Body and Soul II (short)
 
1966 Bah, september (TV movie)
 
1966 De Minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katus naar het land van Rembrandt
 
1966 Body and Soul (documentary short)
 
1965 Ik kom wat later naar Madra (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
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2003 Thoughtcrimes (executive producer)
 
2002 Equilibrium (producer - as Jan De Bont)
 
2002 Minority Report (producer - as Jan De Bont)
 
1999 The Haunting (executive producer)
 
1998 SLC Punk! (executive producer)
 
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control (producer)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (4 titles)
1985 Mischief (additional photographer - as Jan DeBont)
 
1981 Roar (camera operator)
 
1971 Stamping Ground (documentary) (camera operator)
 
1970 Joop slaat weer toe (short) (camera operator)
 
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1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control (story)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1992 Lethal Weapon 3
Dutch Cameraman (uncredited)
 
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1981 Roar (supervising editor)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2001 Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (video documentary short) (special thanks - as Jan De Bont)
 
1995 The Chili Con Carne Club (short) (special thanks)
 
1986 Population: 1 (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2013 Decoding Die Hard (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Jan De Bont (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (TV movie)
Himself (as Jan De Bont)
 
2007 Allemaal film (TV series documentary)
Himself
– De amerikaanse droom (2007) … Himself
– De gouden jaren (2007) … Himself
– Een golf van vernieuwing (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Black Rain: Making the Film - Part 2 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Black Rain: Making the Film - Part 1 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 George Sluizer - Filmen over grenzen (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Hollywood Science (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sandra Bullock: In the Driver's Seat (2005) … Himself
– Keanu Reeves (2003) … Himself
 
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Inside 'Speed' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director of Photography (as Jan De Bont)
 
2000 Anatomy of a 'Twister' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Jan DeBont)
 
1999 Mundo VIP (TV series)
Himself
– Show nº180 (1999) … Himself
 
1994-1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Haunting (1999) … Himself
– The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (1997) … Himself
– The Making of 'Twister' (1996) … Himself
– The Making of 'Speed' (1994) … Himself
 
1999 The Making of 'The Haunting' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Moving Pictures (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Movie Magic (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tornadoes: Twist and Shout (1996) … Himself
 
1994 The Making of 'Speed' (TV special documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 De domeinen Ditvoorst (documentary)
 
1992 Filmreview (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1992) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Feature audio commentary for the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

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Alternate Names:

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Trivia:

Father of Anneke de Bont. See more »

Trademark:

His visual style is characterised by a constantly moving camera, and (The Haunting excluded) the use of handheld cameras. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra