CAST AND CREW BIOS OF THE JURASSIC PARK FILMS

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Crew of the Jurassic Park films

Steven Spielberg ( Director / Excecutive Producer )

This man needs no introduction. Steven Spielberg is the world's most respected, successful and celebrated filmmakers in the history of the business. Spielberg was the man who took Michael Crichton's thrilling novel and turned it into a world-wide movie phenomenon. He has been associated as director or producer on six of the top 20 highest-grossing films of all time. Steven has also been receiver of Academy Awards for best director multiple times. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati , and made his first film at the age of 12. He later would study film at California State University, Long Beach. In the late 60's, Universal Pictures saw Steven's potential and signed him on for a 7 year contract, thus the Spielberg legend began. Steven has been quoted as saying he has had a fascination with dinosaurs all his life, the Jurassic Park films have been an opportunity for this extraordinary man to let out his imaginative wonder at these prehistoric beasts. Spielberg is looking to bring Jurassic Park excitement to a new level with his role as excecutive producer on the up-coming 'Jurassic Park 3'. Spielberg has also developed the story for the new film.

David Koepp ( Screenwriter )

Talented screenwriter Koepp wrote the screenplays for the first 'Jurassic Park' and the sequel 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'. Koepp graduated from UCLA in 1986 and converted his internship with a film distributor into a full-time position that allowed him to write at night. Koepp's other writing credits include 'Mission Impossible', 'Carlito's Way' and 'The Trigger Effect', which he directed himself.

Gerald . R . Molen ( Producer )

Molen has had a long working association with Steven Spielberg, who gave him the position of Head of production at Amblin Entertainment. This is how Gerald got the opportunity of a life-time to produce 'Jurassic Park', and later, 'The Lost World'. Molen has produced such films as ' Hook', 'The Flintstones', 'Schindler's List', 'Casper' and 'Twister'.

Colin Wilson ( Associate Producer / Producer )

Colin Wilson first became associated with Steven Spielberg on the block-buster 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. Wilson began his successful career in the movie business in 1978 on 'Superman'. Ever since 1986, Wilson has continually worked with Amblin Entertainment and Spielberg. Credits for Wilson include 'Amistad', The 'Indiana Jones' trilogy, 'Who framed Roger Rabbit ?' and the highly-acclaimed 'Saving Private Ryan'.

Kathleen Kennedy ( Excecutive Producer / Producer )

Kennedy is married to fellow movie producer Frank Marshall. Together with Steven Spielberg they founded Amblin Entertainment. In 1994 Kennedy and Marshall founded another film production company : Kennedy / Marshall . Kennedy was raised in California and first joined Spielberg on his film '1941'. Gradually, with much experience, Kennedy was asked by Spielberg to be co-producer on all his up-coming films. Kathleen has produced record-breaking movies such as 'E.T.', 'Congo', 'Gremlins', and 'The Flintstones'.

Michael Crichton ( Novelist / Creator of 'Jurassic Park' )

This is the genius who started it all. Michael graduated from Harvard Medical School then later swapped his career as a doctor for a career of writing. Crichton has been a dinosaur enthusiast his whole life, and wanted to write a novel about them. So in the late '70s and early '80s, Crichton juggled the idea around by writing a screenplay about dinosaurs ( which was never filmed ), and made several attempts at a novel. When the premise finally hit him (genetically engineered dinosaurs ), Crichton wondered who would pay for it ? Crichton says " all I could think of was entertainment, use it as a tourist attraction, which implies a park where people would go and see it ". In 'Jurassic Park', Crichton wanted to raise the question about science and responsibility, and the limits of control, and what they might be. Crichton wrote his novel, and it was released in 1990, instantly becoming a world-wide best-seller. Then, in 1995, Crichton released his first sequel novel 'The Lost World'. Crichton's realism and scientific accuracy have trademarked his novels the world over. Crichton recently founded a computer software company named Timelines. Michael will have an involvement in the up-coming 'Jurassic Park 3', but his actual role is yet to be announced.

Joe Johnston ( Director )

- Joe's bio is coming soon !

Dennis Muren ( Full Motion Dinosaurs )

Muren is the astounding senior visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, who has won a staggering eight Academy Awards for his work which never fails to amaze. 'Jurassic Park' owes much of it's success to Dennis and his team, who for the first time ever, introduced new technology which enabled them to create CG dinosaurs which looked for all the world like the real thing. Muren's work has been showcased in other films including 'Twister', 'Dragonslayer', 'Casper', 'Terminator 2', 'Close Encounters of the third kind' and more recently, 'Star Wars - Episode One : The Phantom Menace'. The whole world looks forward to seeing what ground-breaking astonishments Dennis and his magic makers have in store for 'JP3'.

John Williams ( Composer )

Popular Composer John Williams has been nominated for a remarkable 35 Academty Awards for his film scores. Williams' scores have become more recognised over the world than any other, his memorable and impacting themes have been in many block-buster movies, such as The original 'Star Wars' trilogy, The 'Indiana Jones' trilogy, 'Jaws', 'Hook', The 'Home Alone' films, 'E.T.', 'Superman' and 'Star Wars - Episode One : The Phantom Menace'. Steven Spielberg says John Williams' scores for the 'Jurassic Park' films are " in my opinion, some of the most original writing John has ever done for the movies".

Stan Winston ( Live Action Dinosaurs )

This effects legend has won four Academy Awards, three BAFTA awards and two Emmys over his years of creating the most realistic live-action effects in the history of movies. Winston is respected for his ground-breaking work on 'Terminator 2', 'Aliens', 'The Abyss'and 'Predator'. But his real trademark was born in 1993, when Winston led his team of artists to their fourth Academy Award, creating full-size dinosaurs for 'Jurassic Park'. These dinos were more realistic and moved more fluently than any other animatronic seen by man ! As an artist, Winston always strives to improve his work, and this was shown to pay off, when in 1997, 'The Lost World' premiered and an astonished audience witnessed live action dinosaurs even more terrifyingly realistic than the the first film. Undoubtedly, Stan Winston will amaze the world again, when 'Jurassic Park 3' hits theatres.

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