Jon Turteltaub
Jonathan Charles Turteltaub (born August 8, 1963) is an American filmmaker.
Also recorded as Jonathan Charles "Jon" Turteltaub · Jonathan Charles Turteltaub
Jon Turteltaub
Angela George · Image e-mailed from author to uploader · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1963 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film producer · screenwriter · manufacturer · director
- Education
- University of Southern California · Wesleyan University · USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Languages
- German · English
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Jon Turteltaub. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q470251 · wikipedia · Jon Turteltaub
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
The documentary record
Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.
Institutions cited
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Complete reading chain (JSON)In this article
Early life, family and education
Early life, family and education
Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963, in New York City, one of two children born to comedy writer Saul Turteltaub (best known for his work on Sanford and Son) and his wife, Shirley Steinberg. His parents are both Jewish. Turteltaub graduated from Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Documentary record
Jon Turteltaub appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a director, screenwriter and film producer (born 8 August 1963). The birth of Jon Turteltaub is recorded on 8 August 1963 in New York, NY.
Career
Career
Jon Turteltaub has directed successful mainstream films for the Walt Disney Studios, including; 3 Ninjas (1992), Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Phenomenon (1996), Instinct (1999), Disney's The Kid (2000), National Treasure (2004), as well as its 2007 sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), as well as The Meg (2018) for Warner Brothers. Turteltaub produced the CBS television series Jericho. He also directed the show's first three episodes. In 1996, his production company Junction Entertainment had a film deal with Disney, and in 2006, signed a deal with Paramount Television, which would soon become CBS Paramount Network Television. In 2020, Turteltaub directed two episodes of NBC's musical TV series Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist including the episode "Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch", which The Hollywood Reporter listed as one of the 10 best episodes of television that year.
Personal life
Personal life
Turteltaub is married to British television writer and producer Amy Eldon, co-founder of Creative Visions Foundation. Their family resides in Malibu, California, next door to his in-laws. Amy's brother photojournalist Dan Eldon was stoned to death alongside several other journalists in Somalia in 1993. Turteltaub serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization. Ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Turteltaub directed an anti-Trump video for the Lincoln Project.
Filmography
Filmography
Film Television
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q470251: Jon Turteltaub
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Jon Turteltaub”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
scholarly publication
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Jon Turteltaub, revision 1374328084 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Turteltaub, Jon. Jon Turteltaub Interview - The Director of the National Treasure Movies Discusses His 16 Years of 'Surprise Hits' at Disney. DVDizzy.com.
- 2.Jon Turteltaub biography and filmography. Tribute.ca. August 8, 1963.
- 3.Jon Turteltaub profile. nndb.com.
- 4.Jon Turteltaub filmography. Fandango.com.
- 5.Goldstein, Patrci. Company With Disney; By Hollywood standards, director Jon Turteltaub has remained remarkably loyal to one studio, from '3 Ninjas' to his latest, 'The Kid.'. The Los Angeles Times. July 5, 2000.
- 6.Adalian, Josef. Turteltaub inks deal with CBS Par TV. Variety. 2007-08-21.
- 7.Hollywood Reporter TV Critics Pick the 10 Best Episodes of 2020. The Hollywood Reporter. December 17, 2020.
- 8.onioneye. My Daughter – Amy Eldon Turteltaub « Kathy eldON. kathyeldon.com.
- 9.The My Hero Project. Dan & Amy Eldon. my hero.com.
- 10.Turteltaub, Amy Eldon. Remembering My Brother Dan Eldon: A Journalist Who Died To Tell the Story. Huffington Post. July 12, 2013.
- 11.About. Represent.Us.
- 12.Mazza, Ed. Biting New Anti-Trump Video Imagines A Republican Waking Up From A Coma. Huffington Post. 2020-07-31.
- 13.https://search.schlowlibrary.org/Record/415491/TOC
- 14.https://cinema.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?id=9673
- 15.https://www.avclub.com/short-film-collection-round-up-1798203019
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Institutional witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q470251: Jon TurteltaubWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Studied at
1- USC School of Cinematic ArtsOrganisation
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jon SpringerPerson
- Jon St. JohnPerson
- Jon StonePerson
- Jon TenneyPerson
- Jon VincentPerson
- Jon VoightPerson
- Jon WattsPerson
- Jon WellnerPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Jon Turteltaub?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.