Jon Turtle was born on August 08, 1963, is Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor. As a New York native, Emmy Award nominated Jon Turtle attended the University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts degree in History) and The University of Miami School of Law. He has held positions at the Mann Theater Corporation, National Subscription Television, Albacore Productions, Media Home Entertainment, ASCII Picture Corporation, Rocket Pictures and Capella Films before setting out on his own with Jon Turtle Productions.Jon Turtle has helped finance over 30 features including "Bat 21" starring Danny Glover and Gene Hackman, and David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" starring Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern.Through his company, Jon Turtle Productions, he has produced many films in association with Showtime Networks including; Emmy nominated "They Call Me Sirr" starring Michael Clarke Duncan, writer/director Robert Munic's "In a Class of His Own" starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Lynne Littman's "Freak City" and Jimmy Kaufman's "Time at The Top" starring Timothy Busfield.His best known works including Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Skin Deep starring John Ritter, Speedzone starring John Candy, Nightbreed directed by Clive Barker, Full Moon In Blue Water starring Gene Hackman, Kansas starring Matt Dillon and Kyra Sedgwick, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys starring Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Tess Harper, and Gary Busey, and Messenger Of Death starring Charles Bronson.As well as work on David Lynch's Wild At Heart starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, and Bat 21 starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover.Turtle has served as the executive producer on Kevin Tenney's "Arrival II" (Taurus 7/ Live Entertainment) starring Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, and Jane Sibbett, Jim Donovan's "Provocateur" (Appian Way / Live) starring Jane March, Lillo Brancato, Nick Mancuso and Carey Tagawa, Richard Martini's "Cannes Man" (Rocket) starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Julian Lennon and John Malkovitch, Carlo Carlei's "Fluke" (MGM) starring Mathew Modine, Nancy Travis and Eric Stolz and "Flight of The Innocent" (Rocket/MGM/UA) starring Manuel Cristaldi and Frederico Pacifici.
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Jon Turtle was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Biography/Timeline
1963
Jonathan Charles Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963 in New York City, New York, one of two children born to comedy Writer Saul Turteltaub, best known for his work with 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.
1974
Turteltaub is married to Amy Louise Eldon (b. 1974), a British TV Producer and Writer, with whom he has three children, sons Jack and Daniel and daughter Arabella Rose. Eldon was born in Hampstead, England to Mike Eldon, a British citizen of Jewish Romanian heritage and Kathy Eldon Bedner, an American of German heritage, and is the sister of British photojournalist Daniel "Dan" Eldon, who was stoned to death alongside several other journalists in Somalia in 1993. The two were introduced by Turteltaub's neighbor, Architect Michael Bedner, who ultimately married Eldon's mother, Kathy. Turteltaub and his family reside in Malibu, California, next door to his in-laws.
1992
He has directed several 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). Turteltaub produced the CBS television series Jericho, and also directed the show's first three episodes.
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