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Life and work
Jan de Bont is a Dutch film director. Born: 22 October 1943. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Producer · Director · 1943–
Jan de Bont
Jan de Bont is a Dutch film director. Born on 22 October 1943, this profile follows Jan de Bont through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Speed (1994) and Minority Report (2002). The location trail reaches Gas Company Tower, Los Angeles City Hall and TCL Chinese Theatre. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Speed · Gas Company Tower
Jan de Bont is credited as director on Speed. The work’s existing location story leads to Gas Company Tower. The Gas Company Tower supplies the building for the opening elevator crisis. Its public frontage is a useful starting point; the stunt interiors are not a visitor attraction.
Minority Report · Hawthorne Plaza
Jan de Bont is credited as producer on Minority Report. The work’s existing location story leads to Hawthorne Plaza. Hawthorne Plaza is documented as a location associated with Minority Report (2002). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
Minority Report — credits ↗︎Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Los Angeles City Hall ↗︎
Filming location · the award ceremony
City Hall appears in the ceremony following the first rescue. This brief pause gives the city a public face between the film’s larger action sequences.
200 N Spring Street
Open street map ↗︎TCL Chinese Theatre ↗︎
Filming location · Hollywood finale
The Chinese Theatre identifies the Hollywood setting of the climax. View the frontage from pedestrian areas; the film’s train stunt does not describe a real operating route.
6925 Hollywood Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Hawthorne Plaza ↗︎
A screen location
Hawthorne Plaza is documented as a location associated with Minority Report (2002). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
12000 Hawthorne Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Gas Company Tower ↗︎
Filming location · opening tower
The Gas Company Tower supplies the building for the opening elevator crisis. Its public frontage is a useful starting point; the stunt interiors are not a visitor attraction.
555 W 5th Street, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1943-10-22
Born 22 October 1943
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Speed ↗︎
Jan de Bont
Minority Report
Steven Spielberg
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Speed ↗︎
Atlas: turn the pages of a 1993 street atlas as the bus’s route runs off each one and carries on miles away, from a Venice corner to an unopened freeway to a desert airport off the last page; run the two takes of the jump and close a gap that was never there, then run the unfinished Red Line on to where the film’s train came up six years early.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Keanu Reeves ↗︎
Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor and musician. Born on 2 September 1964, this profile follows Keanu Reeves through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Point Break (1991), Speed (1994), Constantine (2005) and John Wick: Chapter 4 — Berlin (2023). The location trail reaches Leo Carrillo State Park, Neptune’s Net and Dockweiler State Beach, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Sandra Bullock ↗︎
Sandra Bullock is an American actress and film producer. Born on 26 July 1964, this profile follows Sandra Bullock through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Demolition Man (1993), Speed (1994) and While You Were Sleeping (1995). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel, Gas Company Tower and Los Angeles City Hall, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
John Williams ↗︎
John Williams is an American composer and conductor. Born on 8 February 1932, this profile follows John Williams through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Long Goodbye (1973), Earthquake (1974) and Home Alone — Chicago (1990). The location trail reaches RMS Queen Mary, Lincoln Heights Jail and Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Colin Farrell ↗︎
Colin Farrell is an Irish actor. Born on 31 May 1976, this profile follows Colin Farrell through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Minority Report (2002). The location trail reaches Hawthorne Plaza. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Richard Schiff ↗︎
Richard Schiff is an American actor. Born on 27 May 1955, this profile follows Richard Schiff through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Bodyguard (1992), Speed (1994), Se7en (1995) and Volcano (1997). The location trail reaches Greystone Mansion, Hollywood Pantages Theatre and Gas Company Tower. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Jeff Daniels ↗︎
Jeff Daniels is an American actor, musician and playwright. Born on 19 February 1955, this profile follows Jeff Daniels through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Speed (1994) and Pleasantville (1998). The location trail reaches Gas Company Tower, Los Angeles City Hall and TCL Chinese Theatre. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.