Jan de Bont

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Jan de Bont
Born	October 22, 1943 (1943-10-22) (age 65) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Years active	1965–present
Spouse(s)	Monique van de Ven (1977–1988) Trish Reeves (?–present)

Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director.

Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Directing 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Cinematographer 4.2 Director 4.3 Producer 5 Lost project 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Early life and career

De Bont was born, one of 17 children, to a Roman Catholic family in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His earliest work after studying at the Amsterdam Film Academy was with the Dutch avant garde director Adriaan Ditvoorst. De Bont was cinematographer/cameraman on many of Ditvoorst's early films including the prizewinning Ik Kom Wat Later Naar Madra (I'll Be In Madra Somewhat Later). He first came to fame in the Netherlands as the cinematographer for the 1973 movie Turkish Delight, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. Since the early 1980s, he worked frequently in Hollywood.

[edit] Directing

De Bont made his directorial debut with Speed in 1994, which was a success. He followed this up with Twister in 1996.

[edit] Personal life

He was married to Dutch actress Monique van de Ven from 1973 to 1988. Monique starred in the 1973 film Turkish Delight, for which De Bont did the cinematography. De Bont has two children from his second marriage with Trish Reeves, Alexander (who had a part in Speed 2) and Anneke.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Cinematographer

Selected films

• Turkish Delight (1973)
• Keetje Tippel (1975)
• Cujo (1983)
• The Fourth Man (1983)
• All the Right Moves (1983)
• Flesh & Blood (1985)
• Ruthless People (1986)
• Who's That Girl? (1987)
• Leonard Part 6 (1987)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• Basic Instinct (1992)

[edit] Director

• Speed (1994)
• Twister (1996)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• The Haunting (1999)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
• Stopping Power (2008)
• Point Break: Indo (2009)

[edit] Producer

• Equilibrium (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)

[edit] Lost project

De Bont began pre-production on an American Godzilla film for a summer 1996 release, but quit the film at the end of 1994 when Sony Pictures would not approve his budget request.

[edit] See also

• 1997 Golden Raspberry Awards

[edit] External links

• Jan de Bont at the Internet Movie Database

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