Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont

1943-10-22 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 69 Credits

Biography

Jan de Bont (Dutch: [ˈjɑn də ˈbɔnt]; born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch retired cinematographer, director and film producer. He is best known for directing the films Speed (1994) and Twister (1996). As a director of photography, de Bont also worked on numerous blockbusters and genre films, including Roar, Cujo, Flesh and Blood, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Lethal Weapon 3, and Basic Instinct.

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Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

2020

as Self

3.8
Acting

A documentary about the Paul Verhoeven's cult classic Basic Instinct.

Ken San

Ken San

2016

as Self

6.0
Acting

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intima...

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

2012

Director of Photography

Directing

A retrospective of events in director Louis van Gasteren’s life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in that period and reflected on from his vantage poin...

The Paperboy

The Paperboy

2012

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'

Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'

2007

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of the 1983 thriller "Cujo"

Black Rain: Making The Film

Black Rain: Making The Film

2006

as Self

7.3
Acting

A documentary on the making of the film, Black Rain, which actually encompasses 4 parts, Production, Filming, The Script and Cast, Post-Production

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

Director

5.8
Directing

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able...

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

2003

as Self

5.4
Acting

This program features the standard mix of movie clips, production materials, and interviews. Cast and crew start at the beginning and discussed the ac...

Thoughtcrimes

Thoughtcrimes

2003

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Freya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya th...

Equilibrium

Equilibrium

2002

Producer

7.0
Producing

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A ...

Minority Report

Minority Report

2002

Producer

7.3
Producing

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...

The Haunting

The Haunting

1999

Executive Producer, Director

5.5
Producing Directing

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate gu...

SLC Punk

SLC Punk

1998

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

Director, Producer, Story

4.6
Directing Producing Writing

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of ...

Twister

Twister

1996

Director

6.5
Directing

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...

Speed

Speed

1994

Director

7.1
Directing

Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...

The Ditvoorst Domains

The Ditvoorst Domains

1992

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst.

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

as Dutch Cameraman (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

Director of Photography

6.7
Directing

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...

Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct

1992

Director of Photography

6.9
Directing

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described...

Shining Through

Shining Through

1992

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War...

Flatliners

Flatliners

1990

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, a...

Parker Kane

Parker Kane

1990

Director of Photography

4.2
Directing

Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murdered, leaving behind a briefcase full of money, Ka...

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Director of Photography

7.4
Directing

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Black Rain

Black Rain

1989

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to es...

Die Hard

Die Hard

1988

Director of Photography

7.8
Directing

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas...

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

1987

Director of Photography

2.8
Directing

After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his da...

Who's That Girl

Who's That Girl

1987

Director of Photography

5.5
Directing

An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-c...

Ruthless People

Ruthless People

1986

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exc...

The Clan of the Cave Bear

The Clan of the Cave Bear

1986

Director of Photography

5.2
Directing

Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds little Ayla from the "others"' clan - tradition would ...

Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood

1985

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague ...

The Jewel of the Nile

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who...

Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live

Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live

1985

Cinematography

7.4

Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live contains the concert footage from The Virgin Tour, filmed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 25, 1985. Madonna ...

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

1985

Cinematography

5.7

The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member ...

Bad Manners

Bad Manners

1984

Director of Photography

5.7
Directing

Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves

1983

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football schol...

Cujo

Cujo

1983

Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

The 4th Man

The 4th Man

1983

Director of Photography

6.7
Directing

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982

Director of Photography

6.0
Directing

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

Breach of Contract

Breach of Contract

1982

Director of Photography

Directing

A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for their...

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy w...

Roar

Roar

1981

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Supervising Editor

5.9
Directing

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

Private Lessons

Private Lessons

1981

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sit...

Max Havelaar

Max Havelaar

1976

Director of Photography

6.1
Directing

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually hel...

She

She

1976

Cinematography

A woman as an object of poetic observation seen through the eager eye of the camera. Cinematic means are used to reflect the moods of women.

The Last Train

The Last Train

1975

Director of Photography

Directing

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things st...

Katie Tippel

Katie Tippel

1975

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

In the late 19th century, a young woman moves to Amsterdam with her family and tries to make a living. Preyed upon by various men, she nonetheless ris...

De blinde fotograaf

De blinde fotograaf

1973

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

A journalist has to interview a blind photographer.

The Family

1973

Director of Photography

Directing
Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight

1973

Director of Photography

6.8
Directing

Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Ericvhas a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

João and the Knife

João and the Knife

1972

Director of Photography

Directing

Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the interior t...

Business Is Business

Business Is Business

1971

Director of Photography

5.7
Directing

The story of two prostitutes working in the Amsterdam Red Light district, and the many strange and unusual men they meet through their work.

Blue Movie

Blue Movie

1971

Director of Photography

4.8
Directing

25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly ...

The Wrestler

The Wrestler

1971

Director of Photography

4.5
Directing

A worried father tries to end the relationship that his son Andries has with the wife of a wrestler.

Antenna

Antenna

1970

Director of Photography

Directing

Antenna gives a snapshot of the 1970s. The film is a typical work by Ditvoorst: freedom of the individual, the desire for a utopia that does not come ...

Een winterliefde

1970

Cinematography

Short film from 1970.

Joop Strikes Again...

Joop Strikes Again...

1970

Camera Operator

Joop is sleeping in the apartment of his friend Bernard. He is waken up by a woman who is looking for Bernard. Later they babysit the neighbor's grand...

Drop-out

Drop-out

1969

Cinematography

The White Slave

The White Slave

1969

Director of Photography

2.0
Directing

A man visits his girlfriend in Amsterdam after the war. He soon finds himself, for inexplicable reasons, in a country house where two women as 'white ...

De baby in de boom

De baby in de boom

1969

Cinematography

Short film, in which three boys want to go swimming on a Sunday afternoon, but one of the three has to look after his baby sister. They decide to take...

Carna

Carna

1969

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

Although it was actually an impersonal commissioned film, the director's style is clearly recognizable. Once again he manages to make something that i...

Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?

Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?

1969

Cinematography

The work of Leiden professor Bastiaans on dealing with the trauma of war victims attracts the attention of filmmaker Louis van Gasteren. He decides to...

Sabotage

Sabotage

1967

Cinematography

Short film about four boys who clash with the custodian of a construction site, because the growing number of buildings impedes on their playground. T...

Paranoia

Paranoia

1967

Director of Photography

5.0
Directing

A man is under the illusion he is a wanted war criminal.

De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katus naar het land van Rembrandt

De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katus naar het land van Rembrandt

1966

Cinematography

The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a great d...

Body and Soul

1966

Director of Photography

Directing

Short film, shot in twenty hours, about a bodybuilder who is stunned to discover he no longer has his body under control. He wonders whether all the a...

1, 2, 3, Rhapsody

1, 2, 3, Rhapsody

1965

Acting

An iconoclastic first film from the headstrong teenagers of the 1,2,3 Group, who took turns to write, direct, and star in a series of irreverent skits...

1, 2, 3, Rhapsody

1, 2, 3, Rhapsody

1965

Director

Directing

An iconoclastic first film from the headstrong teenagers of the 1,2,3 Group, who took turns to write, direct, and star in a series of irreverent skits...

That Way to Madra

That Way to Madra

1965

Director of Photography

Directing

A conscript is given leave to visit his wife who has been admitted to hospital after a road accident. Dutch student film in the vein of the French Nou...