Jon Turteltaub

Turteltaub is the kind of dependable studio director whose name you might not know but whose movies you've definitely watched on a lazy Sunday. National Treasure is his crown jewel for me, a goofy, earnest treasure-hunt adventure that has aged into a cult favorite precisely because it commits so hard to its own ridiculousness. Cool Runnings and While You Were Sleeping prove he has range across feel-good comedy and warm romance. He's not an auteur chasing prestige, and that's fine; he makes broad, crowd-pleasing entertainment with real craft. The Meg showed he can do dumb-fun spectacle too. A reliable hitmaker.

Jon Turteltaub (born August 8, 1963) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for directing commercially successful Hollywood films including Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), and the National Treasure franchise starring Nicolas Cage. He also directed the 2018 shark thriller The Meg.

Name (English)

Jon Turteltaub

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・タートルトーブ

Reading

じょん・たーとるとーぶ

Born

August 8, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

Private

Occupation

Film producer / Film director / Screenwriter / Producer / Director

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of Southern California

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96

Tags

• Born in New York
• Film producer
• Film director
• Screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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