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Joseph Eggleston "Joe" Johnston II^[1] (born May 13, 1950)^[1] is an American film director best known for such movies as Jumanji, The Rocketeer,^[2] Jurassic Park III, and October Sky.^[3]

Life and career

Johnston was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended California State University, Long Beach, as well as the Art Center College of Design.

He has been announced to direct The First Avenger: Captain America, set for a July 22, 2011 release.^[4]

Johnston was at one point set to direct Hulk but dropped out in July 1997.^[5]

He is the author of the Star Wars book The Adventures of Teebo: A Tale of Magic and Suspense, a fantasy novel tied to Return of the Jedi (New York: Random House, 1984; ISBN 0394865685, ISBN 039496568X).^[6]

In 2010, he announced that he planned a new Jurassic Park trilogy^[7] and directed The Wolf Man, a remake of the 1941 classic horror film of the same name.^[8][9]

Filmography

• Star Wars (1977) (effects illustrator and designer: miniature and optical effects unit)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) (effects illustration and design)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (art director visual effects: miniature and optical effects unit)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (art director: visual effects, ILM)
• Return of the Jedi (1983) (art director visual effects)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (art director: California)
• Howard the Duck (1986) (ultralight sequence design)
• *batteries not included (1987) (second unit director, production manager)
• Always (1989) (aerial sequence designer)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (director)
• The Rocketeer (1991) (director)
• The Pagemaster (1994) (director [live-action scenes])
• Jumanji (1995) (director)
• October Sky (1999) (director)
• Jurassic Park III (2001) (director)
• Hidalgo (2004) (director)
• The Wolfman (2010) (director)
• The First Avenger: Captain America (2011) (director)
• Jurassic Park IV (2012/2013) (director)

References

External links

• Joe Johnston at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Wars Actors Database
• Joe Johnston's concept art for Battlestar Galactica
• Joe Johnston Fan Site