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- Birth name: Joseph Eggleston Johnston III
- Birth Date: May 13, 1950
- Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas
- Alma Mater: California State University, Long Beach and Art Center College of Design
- George Lucas paid Johnston's tuition for USC film school
- Helped design both Boba Fett and Yoda
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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.
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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)
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Joe Johnston on Amazon
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Atlanta will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History - $5.95
This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 546 words. The ...Amazon
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My Uncle Silas - Series 2 - $24.99
Adored by his 10-year-old nephew, the incorrigible Uncle Silas is not the ideal role model. As one acquaintance points out, "He is noisy, dirty, mischievous, and nothing but troubl...Amazon
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Joe Johnston Questions
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Who has the video of Levi Johnston on The Tyra Banks Show? 1 AnswerHere are clips of it on Hulu. Below is also the Youtube version. http://www.hulu.com/watch/66175/e-news-now-levi-johnston-talks-sex-with-tyra I cannot BELIEVE t... read more -
Did Bristol Palin breakup with Levi Johnston? 7 AnswersBristol Palin is opening up about (or at least confirming) her split from fiance and baby daddy Levi Johnston, but disputes some accounts of their breakup. "It ... read more -
Why is coffee called Joe? 5 AnswersFrom Mavens' Word of the Day:"How American coffee came to be called joe is not well documented, but the leading theory connects it to the once-popular song Old ... read more
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Joe Johnston Timeline
- Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1950: Born on May 13 in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1977: Star Wars - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1978: Battlestar Galactica - IMDb Listing
- 1980: Star Wars Episode V - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1981: Raiders Of The Lost Ark - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1983: Star Wars Episode VI - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1989: Honey, I Shrunk The Kids - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1991: The Rocketeer - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1992: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
- 1994: The Pagemaster - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1995: Jumanji - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1999: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - IMDb Listing
- 1999: October Sky - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2001: Jurassic Park III - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2004: Hidalgo - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2009: The Wolf Man - IMDb Listing



