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Jan de Bont (Dutch: [ˈjɑn də ˈbɔnt]; born 22 October 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the action films Speed (1994) and Twister (1996).
Jan de Bont. Director: Speed. Jan de Bont was one of 17 children born into a Roman Catholic Dutch family in Eindhoven on 22 October 1943. Credited with being creative and having a good mentality for camera techniques, he became a popular cinematographer.
Jul 22, 2024 · Jan de Bont made one of the biggest one-two punches in the world of '90s blockbusters. What happened to him after a summer-movie peak?
Jan de Bont. Director: Speed. Jan de Bont was one of 17 children born into a Roman Catholic Dutch family in Eindhoven on 22 October 1943. Credited with being creative and having a good mentality for camera techniques, he became a popular cinematographer.
Jul 9, 2024 · 'Twister' director Jan de Bont talks about discovering 'Twisters' only after the trailer came out, and reflects on the 'Godzilla' movie he never made.
Jul 15, 2024 · With his 1996 smash now available in 4K Ultra HD, the action director recalls his first tornado and explains why he wouldn’t want to make modern blockbusters.
Dutchman Jan de Bont began his Hollywood career as a cinematographer on the likes of "The Jewel of the Nile" (1985) and "Die Hard" (1988) before becoming a crowd-pleasing action movie...
Jul 21, 2024 · Twister director Jan de Bont explains how he mixed groundbreaking digital effects with practical ones for the 1996 classic — and where Michael Crichton came in.
Nov 26, 2019 · Jan de Bont (b. 1943) has always been a very accomplished and one of the most creative and innovative cinematographers of his generation. Later on, when he also began directing and producing films, he became one of the most successful filmmakers of his era.
Oct 27, 2020 · Before he became a director, Jan de Bont was the cinematographer on some of the most visually intricate, elegantly lit movies of the 1980s and early ’90s, including Paul Verhoeven’s The 4 th Man and Basic Instinct, John McTiernan’s Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October and Ridley Scott’s Black Rain.
