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name: "Ate de Jong"
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born: "1 January 1953"
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# Ate de Jong

Director. Born 1 January 1953 in Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
- **Also known as:** Ate Jong

## Biography

Ate de Jong is a Dutch film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Born in 1953 in Aardenburg, Zeeland, he studied at the Filmacademy of Amsterdam and directed six feature films in the Netherlands before moving to Hollywood in 1986.

His directing credits include an episode of the series *Miami Vice* (1987), *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), *Highway to Hell* (1991), *All Men Are Mortal* (1995), *Fogbound* (2002) and *Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey.* (2014). He later lived in London and worked on German and British productions. As a producer he is credited on *The Discovery of Heaven* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ukjewishfilm.org, bifa.film.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Director
- *Highway to Hell* (1991), Director
- *Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey.* (2014), Director

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