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FILM DIRECTOR

Jan de Bont

1943 - Today

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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). 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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  • 28

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  • 4.81

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  • 3.05

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jan de Bont ranks 329 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jan de Bont ranks 143Before 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.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan de Bont ranks 247 out of 1,427Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Netherlands

Among film directors born in Netherlands, Jan de Bont ranks 4Before 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).

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