1943 - Today
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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan de Bont has received more than 1,065,491 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jan de Bont is the 329th most popular film director (up from 376th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 280th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Film Director.
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Among film directors, Jan de Bont ranks 329 out of 1,581. Before him are Kinji Fukasaku, Eldar Ryazanov, Tengiz Abuladze, Saul Bass, Elem Klimov, and Jerome Robbins. After him are Marco Bellocchio, François Ozon, Ub Iwerks, Chantal Akerman, John Boorman, and Raúl Ruiz.
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 323
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 324
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 325
1920 - 1996
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 326
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 327
1918 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 328
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 329
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 330
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 331
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 332
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 333
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 334
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 335
Among people born in 1943, Jan de Bont ranks 143. Before him are Arturo Merzario, Paul Wolfowitz, Chris Amon, Paul Michael Glaser, Barış Manço, and Peter Sauber. After him are Beba Lončar, Hervé Villechaize, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, John Eliot Gardiner, Jacques Dutronc, and Armando Guebuza.
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 137
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 138
1943 - 2016
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 139
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 140
1943 - 1999
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 141
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 142
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 143
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 144
1943 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 145
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 146
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 147
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 148
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 149
Among people born in Netherlands, Jan de Bont ranks 247 out of 1,427. Before him are Pieter van Laer (1599), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), Adriaen van de Velde (1636), Ben Feringa (1951), and Jacobus Oud (1890). After him are Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Carel Struycken (1948), Pieter van der Aa (1659), Willem Blaeu (1571), Geert Groote (1340), and Cornelis van Haarlem (1562).
1599 - 1642
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 241
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 242
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 243
1636 - 1672
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 244
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 245
1890 - 1963
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 246
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 247
1873 - 1960
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 248
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 249
1659 - 1733
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 250
1571 - 1638
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 251
1340 - 1384
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 252
1562 - 1638
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 253
Among film directors born in Netherlands, Jan de Bont ranks 4. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1938), Joris Ivens (1898), and Theo van Gogh (1957). After him are Anton Corbijn (1955), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Marleen Gorris (1948), Tom Six (1973), Mike van Diem (1959), Jan Kounen (1964), and Harald Zwart (1965).
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2
1957 - 2004
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 8
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 12