Michael Crichton

Known for WritingBorn 1942-10-23Died 2008-11-04Chicago, Illinois, USA

John Michael Crichton (/ˈkraɪtən/; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) 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 centre on themes of genetic modification, hybridisation, palaeontology and/or zoology. Many features have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his medical training. Crichton received an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but did not practice medicine, instead choosing to focus on his writing. Initially writing under a pseudonym, he eventually published 25 novels in his lifetime, including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State of Fear (2004), and Next (2006). Four more novels, in various stages of completion, were published after he died in 2008. Crichton was also involved in the film and television industry. In 1973, he wrote and directed Westworld, the first film to use 2D computer-generated imagery. He also directed Coma (1978), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Looker (1981), and Runaway (1984). He was the creator of the television series ER (1994–2009), and several of his novels were adapted into films, most notably the Jurassic Park franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Crichton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

A Portrait of Michael Crichton

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

On Location with Westworld

Westworld

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

Jurassic Park

ER

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Battle at Big Rock

Twisters

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure

The Making of 'The Lost World'

Jurassic World

Jurassic World Dominion

The Andromeda Strain

Beyond Jurassic Park

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Return to Jurassic Park

The 13th Warrior

Coma

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Twister

Jurassic World Rebirth

Westworld

The Dick Cavett Show

The First Great Train Robbery

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

The Andromeda Strain

Jurassic Park III

Disclosure

Sphere

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Rising Sun

Looker

Timeline

The Carey Treatment

Congo

Runaway

Beyond Westworld

Pursuit

The Terminal Man

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Physical Evidence

Jurassic Park: Prime Survival

Extreme Close-Up

The View

Micro

Eruption