Joe Johnston
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American film director and effects artist
OverviewAI-generated
Joe Johnston is a male artist from the United States who began his work period in 1977. He is associated with the genres of bedroom, bedroom pop, folk, indie pop, and indie rock. His recorded music has accumulated 4194 plays for 2004 listeners on Last.fm.
Johnston is also an author with 15 works in the Open Library. His top works include *Star Wars - Story Boards - The Original Triology*, *Return of the Jedi sketchbook*, *Star Wars - The Adventures of Teebo - A Tale of Magic and Suspense*, *Star Wars art*, and *Avionics for the pilot*. He was born in 1950.
In academic contexts, Johnston is referenced by 467 other encyclopedia articles. Crossref lists five works associated with him.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston II , ( 1950-05-13 ) May 13, 1950 (age 76) , Austin, Texas , U.S.
- Education
- ArtCenter College of Design
- Alma mater
- California State University
- Occupations
- Film director film producer effects artist art director writer
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Notable work
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Rocketeer Jumanji Jurassic Park III The Wolfman Captain America: The First Avenger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnston
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Worth
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Joe Johnston.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joe Johnston
- date of birth
- 1950-05-13
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Joe Johnston
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Eggleston Johnston II (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director, producer, writer, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing visual effects-driven films, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
Early life
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