• Joe Johnston is a director who once worked for George Lucas, creating sketches. Johnston directed the films Jurassic Park III and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

  His 2009 project, The Wolf Man, starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins will be followed in 2011, by the film The First Avenger: Captain America.

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: Joseph Eggleston Johnston III
  2. Birth Date: May 13, 1950
  3. Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas
  4. Alma Mater: California State University, Long Beach and Art Center College of Design
  5. George Lucas paid Johnston's tuition for USC film school
  6. Helped design both Boba Fett and Yoda

• Joe Johnston's Special Effects

  Long before Johnston began directing his first movie (Honey I Shrunk The Kids), he was a special effects master who helped create visual effects for "Star Wars" films and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."MTV: ...Special-Effects Wizard... (November 10, 2008)

• Films

  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
  • The Rocketeer (1991)
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993)
  • The Pagemaster (1994)
  • Jumanji (1995)
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999)
  • October Sky (1999)
  • Jurassic Park III (2001)
  • Hidalgo (2004)
  • The Wolf Man (2009)

• Visual Effects Credits

  • Star Wars (1977)
  • Battlestar Galactica (1978)
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Star Wars | George Lucas | Indiana Jones Films | Hidalgo | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones | Captain America Movie

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