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Jan de Bont

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 (1994), which became his ... See full bio »
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Known For

Speed
Speed Director
(1994)
The Haunting
The Haunting Producer
(1999)
Minority Report
Minority Report Producer
(2002)
Twister
Twister Director
(1996)
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 2009 Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (Video) (video "Who's That Girl" film segments")
 1997 Beyond Words (Short)
 1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 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 (director of photography - as Jan De Bont)
 1988 Die Hard (as Jan De Bont)
 1987 Leonard Part 6 (director of photography - as Jan DeBont)
 1987 Madonna: The Look of Love (Video short)
 1987 Who's That Girl (director of photography - as Jan Debont)
 1987 Madonna: Who's That Girl (Video short) (Who's That Girl segments)
 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 Madonna: Dress You Up (Video short) (intro sequence)
 1985 Flesh+Blood
 1984 Growing Pains
 1984 American Dreamer (partly)
 1983 Sadat (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (1983)
- Episode #1.1 (1983)
 1983 All the Right Moves (director of photography - as Jan DeBont)
 1983 Cujo (director of photography - as Jan De Bont)
 1983 The 4th Man
 1982 Breach of Contract (director of photography - as Jan De Bont)
 1981 Roar
 1981 Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (uncredited)
 1981 Private Lessons (director of photography)
 1978 Speed Fever (Documentary)
 1976 Max Havelaar (camera)
 1975 Katie Tippel (camera)
 1974 Pas de deux (TV Short)
 1974 Dakota (photography)
 1973 51 minuten Ko van Dijk (TV Movie documentary) (uncredited)
 1973 The Family
 1972 Kapsalon
 1971 Blue Movie (director of photography)
 1971 De worstelaar (Short)
 1970 Een winterliefde (Short)
 1969 Baby in de boom (Short)
 1969 Carna (Short)
 1969 Drop-out
 1969 Swing In (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Jethro Tull (1969)
 1967 Body and Soul II (Short)
 1967 Paranoia
 1966 Body and Soul (Documentary short)
 1966 Bah, september (TV Movie)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Feature audio commentary for the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003).

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Alternate Names:

Jan De Bont | Jan DeBont | Jan Debont
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In his preparations for a proposed 1994 American Godzilla movie, he sealed a fix deal with Industrial Light & Magic to ensure that the project would not go over-budget. He also lobbied for the movie to revolve around two monsters (Godzilla and a so-called Gryphon, a giant shape-shifting alien being that can fuse with Earth animals). Tri-Star, the studio in charge of the production, fired de Bont ... See more »

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Star Sign:

Libra
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