- Once beat out fellow Beverly Hills High School classmate Nicolas Cage for a role in Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.
- Son of Saul Turteltaub
- Went to Beverly Hills High School, the same high school as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Breckin Meyer, Jonathan Silverman, and Richard Dreyfuss.
- Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1988)
- Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1985. Is one of at least six recent graduates of this Connecticut college to rise to success as a film director, along with fellow alumni such as Miguel Arteta, Michael Bay, Ruben Fleischer, Joss Whedon, and Benh Zeitlin.
- Nephew of Fritzi Burr and Aaron Heyman.
- Fittingly enough for the director of "Meg", he was born on exactly the same date as Chris Rebello...who portrayed Michael Brody in the original "Jaws".
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