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JAN DE BONT ASC
Born: 22 October 1943, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Education: Nederlandse Film Academie [NFA], Amsterdam [graduated in 1964].
Career: Came to the USA in 1977.
Ph commercials dir by Paul Huf, a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'It's Not a Rumor' [1971; a: The Nu-Kats; d: Philip Brewin Cheney].
Became member of the ASC in 1990.
Was married [1973-88] to actress Monique van de Ven. His brother Peter [1955-2016] was a doph.
Appeared in the doc 'De domeinen Ditvoorst' [1992, Thom Hoffman; ph: Peter de Bont] and in 3 ep of the doc tv-series 'Allemaal film' [2007].
Made his debut as feature film dir in 1993 with 'Speed' [ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak; filmed September/December].
| FILMS | |
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1964 |
Veilig verkeer [Elvira Kleinen] 16mm/b&w; short/?m; prod NFA |
Kees Meyering, Rem Koolhaas, Frans Bromet [front/center], Renee Daalder & JdB
"De 1, 2, 3, rhapsodie"
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1965 |
De 1, 2, 3, rhapsodie [Frans Bromet ('Hoe stoer Jan kan zijn'), Rem Koolhaas ('Frans in de watten'), Kees Meyering ('Renee's lieftalligheid'), Renee Daalder ('Kees en het medelijden') & Jan de Bont ('Rem en de koningin')] 16mm/b&w; exp short/15m (5 seg); other ph: Frans Bromet, a.o.; + actor |
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1965 |
Ik kom wat later naar Madra/That Way to Madra [Adriaan Ditvoorst] 16mm/b&w; short/26m; cph: Jaap de Jonge |
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1965 |
Sabotage [Nouchka van Brakel] 16mm/b&w; short/17m |
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1966 |
De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katús naar het land van Rembrandt/Joszef Katús, Provo [Wim Verstappen] 16mm-35bu/b&w; 2uc (+ co-sound); ph: Wim van der Linden |
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1966 |
Body and Soul [I] [Renee Daalder] scope/b&w; short/13m |
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1966 |
Paranoia [Adriaan Ditvoorst] b&w |
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1966 |
Lichaam en ziel/Body and Soul II [Renee Daalder] b&w; short/31m; + co-scrpl |
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1967 |
Bacher [Tom Tholen] c; doc/20m; co-addph; ph: Anton van Munster & Robby Müller |
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1967 |
Nema aviona za Zagreb/Geen vliegtuig naar Zagreb [Louis van Gasteren] b&w-c; doc/82m; cph: L. van Gasteren, Roeland Kerbosch, Theo Hogers, Kester Dixon (2012), a.o.; filmed 1964-69; premiered in 2012 |
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1967 |
Begrijp je nu waarom ik huil?/Now Do You Get It.../Now Do You Get It. Why I Am Crying. [Louis van Gasteren] 16mm/b&w; doc/62m; cph: Peter Bos & Jos van Schoor |
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1967 |
Ice Cream Soda [Kees Meyering] 16mm/b&w; short/30m |
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1968 |
GeREGELd leven [Ad Krechting] ?; comm doc/5m; cph: Egbert Altena & Eddy van Zwanenburg; for Nationaal Bureau voor Reclassering |
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1968 |
Obsessions/Bezeten - Het gat in de muur [Pim de la Parra] c; 2uc; ph: Frans Bromet |
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1969 |
Ontrouw in duplo [Bob Langestraat] b&w; short/36m |
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1969 |
Carna [Adriaan Ditvoorst] c; doc/12m; cph: Piotr van Dijk & Theo van de Sande |
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1969 |
De baby in de boom/The Baby in the Tree [Nouchka van Brakel] c; short/20m |
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1969 |
Flinkevleugel [Ruud van Hemert] b&w; short/21m; uwph: Jac de Gier |
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1969 |
Antenna [Adriaan Ditvoorst] ts/c; short/35m |
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1969 |
Drop Out, of: De meester kan me nog meer vertellen [Wim Verstappen] c; cph: Frans Bromet & Theo van de Sande |
|
1970 |
Een winterliefde [Frans Rasker] ts/c; short/11m |
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1970 |
Joop slaat weer toe [Wim Verstappen] c; short/10m |
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1970 |
Love and Music/Stamping Ground [Hansjürgen Pohland & George Sluizer] c; mus doc/101m; cph: Harry Hart, Mat van Hensbergen, Nic Knowland, Theo van de Sande, a.o.; aph: Jan Oonk; filmed 26-28 June (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
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1970 |
De worstelaar/The Wrestler/Het debuut [Paul Verhoeven] c; short/20m |
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1970 |
Blue Movie [Wim Verstappen] 16mm-35bu/c; 2uc: Mat van Hensbergen & Frans Bromet; ph special seq (dir by Pim de la Parra): Theo van de Sande |
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1971 |
Blackmail [René van Nie] c; short/15m |
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1971 |
Wat zien ik..?/Business Is Business/Any Special Way/Diary of a Hooker [Paul Verhoeven] c |
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1971 |
João en het mes/John, the Knife and the River [George Sluizer] ts/c |
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1972 |
Turks Fruit/Turkish Delight/The Sensualist/Wild Intent [Paul Verhoeven] c |
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1972 |
Kapsalon [Frans Rasker] ?; short/24m; cph: Theo van de Sande |
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1973 |
De blinde fotograaf [Adriaan Ditvoorst] b&w; short/48m |
|
1973 |
The Family [Lodewijk de Boer] c |
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1973 |
Dakota [Wim Verstappen] ts/c; ph Curaçao; ph: Theo van de Sande (studio), Peter Brugman, Werner Leckebusch & Marc Felperlaan; J. de Bont fell in love with actress Monique van de Ven and was fired - both left the prod |
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1974 |
Liefde op sterk water/Pickled Love [Tom Tholen] 16mm/c; short/33m |
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1974 |
Keetje Tippel/Katie's Passion/Katie Tippel/Hot Sweat [Paul Verhoeven] c |
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1975 |
De laatste trein/Blokpost [Erik van Zuylen] c |
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1975 |
She/Zij [Anton Kothuys] c; short/15m |
|
1975 |
Max Havelaar [of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij] [Fons Rademakers] p/c; filmed 1975-76 |
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1976 |
Roar [Noel Marshall (and friends)] p/c; + co-superv ed; filmed 1976-77; released in 1981 |
|
1979 |
Chalk [Michael Miller] announced for November start; status unknown |
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1980 |
Private Lessons/Philly [Alan Myerson & (uncred add scenes) James Fargo] c; 2uc: Mark Wade |
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1980 |
Night Warning/Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker/The Evil Protégé/Momma's Boy/Nightmare Maker/Thrilled to Death [William Asher] c; uncred cph; ph: Robbie Greenberg |
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1981 |
Going [Anton Kothuys] 16mm/b&w; short/15m; prod UCLA |
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1981 |
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can [Jack Hofsiss] c |
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1982 |
De vierde man/The Fourth Man [Paul Verhoeven] c; title seq ph: Peter de Bont |
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1982 |
Breach of Contract [André Guttfreund] c |
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1982 |
Cujo [Lewis Teague] c |
|
1983 |
All the Right Moves [Michael Chapman] c |
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1983 |
American Dreamer [Rick Rosenthal] c; ph Paris: Giuseppe Rotunno; 2uc Paris: Didier Tarot & Philippe Houdart; miniature ph: Brick Price |
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1984 |
The Clan of the Cave Bear [Michael Chapman] tvi/c |
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1984 |
Bad Manners/Growing Pains [Bobby Houston] c; 2uc: Frank Byers |
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1984 |
Mischief [Mel Damski] c; addph; ph: Donald Thorin |
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1985 |
Flesh+Blood/Flesh and Blood/The Rose and the Sword [Paul Verhoeven] tvi/c; 2u operator: Peter de Bont; also 3-part tv-miniseries |
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1985 |
Madonna - Live - The Virgin Tour [Daniel Kleinman] b&w- c/V; concert film/54m; ph title seq; ph: Jerry Watson; filmed 25-26 May (Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA) |
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1985 |
The Jewel of the Nile [Lewis Teague] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc: Alex Witt; spec optical efx: Robin Browne & John Fletcher |
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1985 |
Jumpin' Jack Flash [Howard Zieff (replaced by Penny Marshall)] replaced after a few weeks by ph Matthew Leonetti; some of the footage he shot is in the finished film |
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1986 |
Ruthless People [Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker] c |
|
1986 |
Who's That Girl? [James Foley] c; filmed 1986-87 |
|
1987 |
Leonard Part 6 [Paul Weiland] c |
|
1987 |
Die Hard [John McTiernan] p/c; vfx ph: Bill Neil; filmed 1987-88 |
|
1988 |
Bert Rigby - You're a Fool [Carl Reiner] c |
|
1988 |
Black Rain [Ridley Scott] s35/c; addph: Howard Atherton; 2uc: Craig Haagensen; aph: David Nowell |
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1989 |
The Hunt for Red October [John McTiernan] p/c; 2uc: Alexander Witt; vfx ph: Dave Stewart & Pat Sweeney |
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1989 |
Flatliners [Joel Schumacher] p/c; vfx superv: Peter Donen; filmed 1989-90 |
|
1990 |
Shining Through [David Seltzer] p/c; 2uc Germany: John Campbell |
|
1991 |
Basic Instinct [Paul Verhoeven] p/c; 2uc: Michael Ferris; aph: Stan McClain |
|
1991 |
Lethal Weapon 3 [Richard Donner] p/c; 2uc: Alexander Witt; filmed 1991-92 |
|
2008 |
Wit licht [Jean van de Velde] announced as doph, but film was ph by Theo van de Sande |
| TELEVISION | |
|---|---|
|
1965 |
Heya Martijn [Ruud van Hemert] tvm/b&w/29m/16mm |
|
1966 |
Bah, September [Ruud van Hemert] musical/b&w/25m/16mm |
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1966 |
Sieto tussen kunst en koren [Gied Jaspars] doc/b&w/27m/16mm |
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1966 |
Swinging London [Roeland Kerbosch] doc/b&w/19m/16mm; for VPRO-tv |
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1967 |
De bezetene [Trino Flothuis] mus doc/b&w/37m/16mm |
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1968 |
Piet Volkers [Pieter Verhoeff] doc/b&w/29m/16mm; cph: Wim van der Linden; ep series; for IKOR-tv |
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1968 |
Jacqueline Andreoli, 81 jaar [Pieter Verhoeff] doc/b&w/28m/16mm; ep series; for IKOR-tv |
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1968 |
Passing By - over de autocoureur Ben Pon [een film van/a film by Trino Flothuis & Jan de Bont] doc/b&w/31m/16mm |
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1968 |
Lichtkogels in de Oude Kerk [Pieter Verhoeff] doc/27m/16mm; for CVK/IKOR |
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1968 |
Volk in opstand [ep (10m) 'De Spaanse motieven' dir by Joes Odufré] doc series/b&w; for NCRV-tv |
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1969 |
Souvenirs d'enfance [Joes Odufré] mus perf/b&w/13m; for NCRV-tv |
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1969 |
Later [ep (44m) dir by Ton Hasebos] series/b&w; for VPRO-tv |
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1969 |
Miskotte over Barth [Pieter Verhoeff] doc/b&w/42m; for IKOR-tv |
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1969 |
In de geest van Ajax [Hans Keller] doc/21m/16mm |
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1969 |
Uit Bellevue [various] monthly arts magazine; ph items on 16mm; other ph: Mat van Hensbergen; for VARA-tv |
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1970 |
Is It a Sin to Be Subjective? [René Coelho & Jan Kees de Rooy] doc/b&w-c/50m; cph: Bob Buitink & Peter Bos; ep VARA-tv series 'Dit is het begin' |
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1971 |
Swing in mit Neil Young/Neil Young - Swing In [Wim van der Linden] doc/52m/16mm; cph: W. van der Linden; filmed January/February |
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1973 |
51 minuten Ko van Dijk [Paul Haenen & Gied Jaspars] doc/52m/16mm |
|
1974 |
Pas de deux [John Hartnett] tvm/b&w/?m |
|
1982 |
Help Wanted [Stephen Gyllenhaal] tvm/60m; ep series 'CBS Afternoon Playhouse' |
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1983 |
Sadat [Richard Michaels] 2-part tvm |
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1984 |
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story [Richard Michaels] tvm |
|
1987 |
Kamera klaar... Aktie - Geluiden van achter de kamera [Ruud van Gessel] doc/b&w-c/31m; + appearance |
|
1990 |
Parker Kane [Steve Perry] pilot; for NBC-tv |
|
1992 |
[HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #49 'Split Personality' dir by Joel Silver] 93-part series, 1989-96; 4th season |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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|
1966 |
Witheet [Kees Meyering; short] still ph; ph: Frans Bromet |
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1969 |
De blanke slavin/Intriges van een decadente zonderling/The White Slave [Renee Daalder] c.op; ph: Oliver Wood |
| SINCE 1993 ACTIVE AS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR |
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