Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
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Jurassic World Rebirth
writer
2025
Twisters
writer
2024
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
writer
2022
Jurassic World Dominion
writer
2022
Battle at Big Rock
writer
2019
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
writer
2018
Jurassic World
writer
2015
Return to Jurassic Park
actor
2011
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
actor
2007
Timeline
writer
2003
Jurassic Park III
writer
2001
Beyond Jurassic Park
actor
2001
The 13th Warrior
writer
1999
Sphere
writer
1998
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
writer
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
actor
1997
Twister
writer
1996
Congo
writer
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
actor
1995
Disclosure
writer
1994
ER: 24 Hours
writer
1994
Rising Sun
writer
1993
Jurassic Park
writer
1993
Physical Evidence
director
1989
Runaway
director
1984
Runaway
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1984
Looker
director
1981
Looker
writer
1981
The First Great Train Robbery
director
1978
The First Great Train Robbery
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1978
Coma
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1978
Coma
director
1978
The Terminal Man
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1974
Westworld
director
1973
Westworld
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1973
Pursuit
writer
1972
Pursuit
director
1972
The Carey Treatment
writer
1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
writer
1972
The Andromeda Strain
writer
1971
Westworld
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