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Jon Turteltaub

Film Producer / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/08/1963 (60) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jonathan Charles Turteltaub (born August 8, 1963) is an American film director and producer. ()

Jonathan Charles "Jon" Turteltaub is an American film director and producer. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of television comedy writer Saul Turteltaub.He has directed several successful mainstream films for the Walt Disney Studios, including; 3 Ninjas (1992), Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Phenomenon (1996), Instinct (1999), Disney's The Kid (2000), 2004's National Treasure, as well as its 2007 sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.Turteltaub produced the CBS television series, Jericho, and also directed the first three episodes, "Pilot", "Fallout", and "Four Horsemen".

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revoluti ...

National Treasure

Certification unknown

2004 | 3.3/5 | 2h 11min
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Mystery
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A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get m ...

While You Were Sleeping

PG

1995 | 3.5/5 | 1h 43min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team. ...

Cool Runnings

PG

1993 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
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An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis. ...

Phenomenon

PG

1996 | 3.2/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Science Fiction
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Movies with Jon Turteltaub as Crew(22)

Production/Producer2023 Rock The Boat
Directing/Director2018 The Meg
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Thousand Year Journey
Directing/Director2013 Last Vegas
Directing/Director2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Directing/Director2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Production/Producer2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Directing/Director2004 National Treasure
Production/Producer2004 National Treasure
Production/Executive Producer2002 Role of a Lifetime
Directing/Director2000 The Kid
Production/Producer2000 The Kid
Directing/Director1999 Instinct
Production/Executive Producer1997 RocketMan
Directing/Director1996 Phenomenon
Directing/Director1995 While You Were Sleeping
Directing/Director1993 Cool Runnings
Directing/Director1992 3 Ninjas
Directing/Director1991 Driving Me Crazy
Writing/Screenplay1991 Driving Me Crazy
Directing/Director1989 Think Big
Writing/Writer1989 Think Big

TV Shows/Series with Jon Turteltaub as Crew(11)

Production/Executive Producer2022 National Treasure: Edge of History
Writing/Writer2016 Rush Hour
Production/Producer2012 Common Law
Directing/Director2012 Common Law
Production/Executive Producer2012 Common Law
Production/Producer2009 Harper's Island
Directing/Director2009 Harper's Island
Directing/Director2006 Jericho
Production/Producer2006 Jericho
Creator/Creator2006 Jericho
Directing/Director1998 From the Earth to the Moon

Full Name: Jon Turteltaub
Born: Thursday, 08/08 1963 (August) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 60 years + 262 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, Wesleyan University, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Jon Turteltaub frequently works together with these people:
Tom Hanks (7x, Actor)
Cormac Wibberley (6x, Crew)
Marianne Wibberley (6x, Crew)
David Rennie (6x, Crew)
Nicolas Cage (4x, Actor)
Phedon Papamichael (4x, Crew)
Garreth Stover (4x, Crew)
Barry H. Waldman (4x, Crew)
Oren Aviv (4x, Crew)
Charles Segars (4x, Crew)
Chad Oman (4x, Crew)
George Marshall Ruge (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4440, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024