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Jan de Bont (Dutch: [ˈjɑn də ˈbɔnt]; born 22 October 1943) is a Dutch retired cinematographer, director and film producer. He is best known for directing the 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.
Aug 12, 2023 · As he prepared to shoot the opening scene of Cujo, Jan de Bont began experimenting. Instead of gathering generic wide shots of a playful Saint Bernard chasing a rabbit throughout a green...
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.
Nov 5, 2020 · In a new interview timed to the 4K Blu-ray of The Haunting, the director of Speed and Twister talks about his horror movie with Steven Spielberg, killing Owen Wilson by chopping off his head, and...
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...
Nov 5, 2020 · On the occasion of the new 'Haunting' Blu-ray, we sat down with director and cinematographer Jan De Bont to talk about his career.