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Jon Turteltaub

Highest Rated: 81% While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Lowest Rated: 20% RocketMan (1997)

Birthday: Aug 8, 1963

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

After completing studies at Wesleyan University and a master's degree from the USC film school, Turteltaub, son of veteran TV writer-producer Saul Turteltaub, gained some experience on the small screen. He worked on several ABC specials and pilots and was involved briefly with the Nickelodeon sitcom, "Salute Your Shorts." In 1990 Turteltaub made his feature writing and directorial debut, "Think Big," and followed up with another minor action comedy, "Driving Me Crazy" (1991), which he also co-wrote.

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Highest-Rated Movies

81% 79% While You Were Sleeping Watchlist
76% 81% Cool Runnings
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49% 59% Phenomenon
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49% 49% Disney's The Kid
Watchlist 47% 44% The Meg Watchlist 46% 76% National Treasure Watchlist
45% 59% Last Vegas
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40% 53% The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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35% 53% 3 Ninjas
Watchlist 35% 67% National Treasure: Book of Secrets Watchlist
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Jon Turteltaub

Jon Turteltaub NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, director Jon Turteltaub, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, on set, 2007. ©Walt Disney THE MEG, DIRECTOR JON TURTELTAUB, ON SET, 2018. PH: DANIEL SMITH/© WARNER BROS. THE MEG, FRONT, FROM LEFT: CLIFF CURTIS, JASON STATHAM, DIRECTOR JON TURTELTAUB, RUBY ROSE, SHUYA SOPHIA CAI, JESSICA MCNAMEE, ON SET, 2018. PH: DANIEL SMITH/© WARNER BROS. THE MEG, DIRECTOR JON TURTELTAUB (CENTER), ON SET, 2018. PH: DANIEL SMITH/© WARNER BROS. THE MEG, FROM LEFT: JASON STATHAM, DIRECTOR JON TURTELTAUB, ON SET, 2018. PH: DANIEL SMITH/© WARNER BROS. THE MEG, DIRECTOR JON TURTELTAUB (CENTER), CINEMATOGRAPHER TOM STERN (RIGHT), ON SET, 2018. PH: DANIEL SMITH/© WARNER BROS. THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, from left: Jay Baruchel, Teresa Palmer, director Jon Turteltaub, on set, 2010. ph: Robert Zuckerman/©Walt Disney Co NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, left to right, from center: director Jon Turteltaub, Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage, on set, 2007. ©Walt Disney NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, Nicolas Cage, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Jon Turteltaub, on set, 2007. ©Walt Disney View more photos

Filmography

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The Meg 47% 44% 2018 Director Last Vegas 45% 59% 2013 Director The Sorcerer's Apprentice 40% 53% 2010 Director National Treasure: Book of Secrets 35% 67% 2007 Director, Producer National Treasure 46% 76% 2004 Director Role of a Lifetime 2002 Executive Producer Disney's The Kid 49% 49% 2000 Director, Producer Instinct 26% 67% 1999 Director RocketMan 20% 72% 1997 Executive Producer Phenomenon 49% 59% 1996 Director While You Were Sleeping 81% 79% 1995 Director Cool Runnings 76% 81% 1993 Director 3 Ninjas 35% 53% 1992 Director Driving Me Crazy 17% 1991 Director, Screenwriter Think Big 60% 1990 Director
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