---
name: "Jon Turteltaub"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-turteltaub"
fi1m_id: "jon-turteltaub"
imdb_id: "nm0005509"
tmdb_id: 12962
wikidata_id: "Q470251"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 August 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T03:25:27.609042+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jon Turteltaub

## Identity

Jon Turteltaub

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-turteltaub
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-turteltaub
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005509
- **TMDB ID:** 12962
- **Wikidata ID:** Q470251
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Turteltaub, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12962

Director. Born 8 August 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 August 1963, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Also known as:** Jonathan Charles Turteltaub
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $684m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Turteltaub, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12962

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*While You Were Sleeping*](https://film.one/film/while-you-were-sleeping.md) (74), [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73), [*National Treasure*](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md) (52)

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## Biography

Jon Turteltaub is an American film director and producer. He was born on 8 August 1963 in New York City and graduated from Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of television comedy writer Saul Turteltaub.

Turteltaub has directed mainstream studio films including *Cool Runnings* (1993), *While You Were Sleeping* (1995), *Phenomenon* (1996) and *National Treasure* (2004), on which he also served as producer. He directed the sequel *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007) and later films such as *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010) and *The Meg* (2018). He produced the CBS series *Jericho* (2006–2008) and directed its first three episodes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *National Treasure* (2004), Fi1m 52, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md)
- *While You Were Sleeping* (1995), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/while-you-were-sleeping.md)
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Treasure: Edge of History* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Meg* (2018), Director
- *Rush Hour* (2016), series, Writer, Director
- *The Thousand Year Journey* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Last Vegas* (2013), Director
- *Common Law* (2012), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010), Director
- *Harper's Island* (2009), series, Director, Producer
- *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007), Producer, Director
- *Jericho* (2006), series, Director, Producer, Creator
- *National Treasure* (2004), Director, Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md)
- *Role of a Lifetime* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Kid* (2000), Director, Producer
- *Instinct* (1999), Director
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, Director
- *RocketMan* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Phenomenon* (1996), Director
- *While You Were Sleeping* (1995), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/while-you-were-sleeping.md)
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)
- *3 Ninjas* (1992), Director
- *Driving Me Crazy* (1991), Director, Screenplay
- *Think Big* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Whatever It Takes* (1988), Director
- *Rocking the Boat*, Producer
- *The Best Is Yet to Come*, Director
- *The Complete Game*, Director, Producer
- *Untitled National Treasure 3*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Jon Turteltaub at a ceremony for Helen Mirren to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-baa24eee9625.jpg) Jon Turteltaub at a ceremony for Helen Mirren to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2013) — Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/JonTurteltaubHWOFJan2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, discusses the film at a panel at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-d2610565f900.jpg) Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, discusses the film at a panel at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_1.JPG/1280px-Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-3fefdc360627.jpg) Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_2.JPG/1280px-Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-f7dd74adbbc0.jpg) Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_3.JPG/1280px-Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Turteltaub](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-5f94721e3ca9.jpg) Jon Turteltaub — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon Turteltaub](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-de6880d579cf.jpg) Jon Turteltaub — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-6e868c63f94b.jpg) Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_4.JPG/1280px-Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_4.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/5561265/gallery-8407911cbf6e.jpg) Jon Turteltaub, director of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, participating in a panel on the film at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_5.JPG/1280px-Jon_Turteltaub_at_WonderCon_2010_5.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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