Jon Turteltaub

Jon Turteltaub, aka Jonathan Charles Turteltaub, is an American producer and director. He was born on 8th of August, in 1963. His birthplace is New York City, USA. His family followed Jewish traditions. He completed his graduation from Wesleyan University. Then, he went to the USC School of Cinema Arts. His father, Saul Turteltaub, was a TV comedy writer.

Coming to his career, he directed several successful movies. In 1990, he wrote and directed Think Big. It was a 1990 comedy drama. Peter Paul and David Paul are the actors. Brad Krevoy and Steven Stabler produced it. It was released in March in 1990 in the United States of America. Other characters in it are Richard Kiel, Richard Moll, and Michael Winslow. In 1991, he made Trabbi Goes to Hollywood. It was another comedy, which casted Dom DeLuise, Billy Dee Williams Billy Dee Williams is an American actor, popular a >> Read More... , Thomas Gottschalk, and James Tolkan in it. Brad and Steven made it under their production. It released on 16th of March, in 1991, in the theaters of Germany. It was made in English and German. Gunther Schmidt played the lead role, who always tries to fly to the West by using his tricks and inventions. However, his constant failure led him to invent a gadget. Critics gave very bad reviews over this.

In 1992, he made Three Ninjas. It was a comedy martial photoplay. It featured Max Elliott Slade, Michael Treanor, Victor Wong, and Chad Power. The story was based on three brothers who used to take martial arts classes from their grandfather. Richard Marvin composed the music. On Rotten Tomatoes, it had a rating of 29%. Its sequels were titled, Three Ninjas Knuckle Up, Ninjas Kick Bak, and High Noon at Mega Mountain. Then, he made Cool Runnings, in 1993. Dawn Steel, Susan B. Landau, Chris Meledandri Christopher Chris Meledandri was born on 15 May 19 >> Read More... , and Jeffrey Bydalek made it under their production. On Rotten Tomatoes, it had scored 74%. In 1995, he came up with a romantic based screenplay, While You Were Sleeping. Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth Joe Roth is an American, Los Angeles based directo >> Read More... produced it. The Phenomenon was the next romantic play by him, and Gerald Di Pego and John Travolta John Travolta is a true legendary figure as he was >> Read More... co-starred in it. In 1999, he made a thriller known by ‘Instinct’. It was inspired by a novel of Daniel Quinn.

His other credits include The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Kid, National Treasure, Common Law, ‘Meg’, Rush Hour, Harper's Island, and many more. He made the first three episodes of a TV show, ‘Jericho’.

Coming to his personal life, he got married to the sister of Dan Eldon, who is named Amy Eldon.