A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
John Lange
マイケル・クライトン
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born:
October 23, 1942
Died:
November 4, 2008
John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008), best known as Michael Crichton, was an American author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at #1 in television, film, and book sales (with ER, Jurassic Park, and Disclosure, respectively). His literary works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background. He was the author of, among others, Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of Fear, Next (the final book published before his death), Pirate Latitudes (published November 24, 2009), and a final unfinished techno-thriller yet to be released. Forbes listed Crichton in tenth place in its list of "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities" of 2009.
Author:
1995 Congo
Characters:
1995 Congo
2001 Jurassic Park III
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
Director:
1972 Pursuit
1973 Westworld
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1995 Congo
2001 Jurassic Park III
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
Novel:
1971 The Andromeda Strain
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 Pursuit
1972 The Carey Treatment
1973 Westworld
1974 The Terminal Man
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Rising Sun
1994 Disclosure
1995 Congo
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1998 Sphere
1999 The 13th Warrior
2001 Jurassic Park III
2003 Timeline
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2019 Battle at Big Rock
2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
???? Eruption
???? Micro
Producer:
1971 The Andromeda Strain
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 Pursuit
1972 The Carey Treatment
1973 Westworld
1974 The Terminal Man
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Rising Sun
1994 Disclosure
1995 Congo
1996 Twister
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1998 Sphere
1999 The 13th Warrior
2001 Jurassic Park III
2003 Timeline
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2019 Battle at Big Rock
2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
???? Eruption
???? Micro
Screenplay:
1971 The Andromeda Strain
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 Pursuit
1972 The Carey Treatment
1973 Westworld
1974 The Terminal Man
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Rising Sun
1994 Disclosure
1995 Congo
1996 Twister
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1998 Sphere
1999 The 13th Warrior
2001 Jurassic Park III
2003 Timeline
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2019 Battle at Big Rock
2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
???? Eruption
???? Micro
Thanks:
1971 The Andromeda Strain
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 Pursuit
1972 The Carey Treatment
1973 Westworld
1974 The Terminal Man
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Rising Sun
1994 Disclosure
1995 Congo
1996 Twister
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1998 Sphere
1999 The 13th Warrior
2001 Jurassic Park III
2003 Timeline
2011 Jurassic Park: Prime Survival
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2019 Battle at Big Rock
2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
???? Eruption
???? Micro
Writer:
1971 The Andromeda Strain
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 Pursuit
1972 The Carey Treatment
1973 Extreme Close-Up
1973 Westworld
1974 The Terminal Man
1978 Coma
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1981 Looker
1984 Runaway
1989 Physical Evidence
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Rising Sun
1994 Disclosure
1994 ER: 24 Hours
1995 Congo
1996 Twister
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1998 Sphere
1999 The 13th Warrior
2001 Jurassic Park III
2003 Timeline
2011 Jurassic Park: Prime Survival
2015 Jurassic World
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2019 Battle at Big Rock
2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022 Jurassic World Dominion
2024 Twisters
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth
???? Eruption
???? Micro
Creator:
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
Executive Producer:
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
Novel:
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
2008 The Andromeda Strain
2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Original Film Writer:
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
2008 The Andromeda Strain
2016 Westworld
2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Story:
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
2008 The Andromeda Strain
2016 Westworld
2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Writer:
1960 Insight
1980 Beyond Westworld
1994 ER
2008 The Andromeda Strain
2016 Westworld
2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.