Jan de Bont

Director and producer. Born 22 October 1943 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Titles on Fi1m3 directing · 1 producing · 9 crew

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 3 titles

Born

22 October 1943, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Active

1973–2002

Frequently works with

Michael Douglas, Paul Verhoeven, Danny DeVito, Gerard Soeteman, Joel Silver, John McTiernan, Lois Smith, Michael Peyser

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

62Fi1m

57Critics

We rate Jan’s work 5 points above the press, across 3 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 791

Under 601

Of 3 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 3 films
Screen time: 6 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1bn across 3 films with figures
Active: 1973–2002

Genres

Action3
Thriller2
Adventure1
Drama1

Best and worst on Fi1m

86BestSpeed1994

36WorstSpeed 2: Cruise Control1997

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

141960s

161970s

211980s

121990s

42000s

22010s

22020s

Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont in numbers