Joseph Eggleston "Joe" Johnston III (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director, responsible for such films as Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III, October Sky, and Jumanji, amongst others. He was also the author of a book titled The Adventures of Teebo: A Tale of Magic and Suspense.
Johnston attended California State University, Long Beach, as well as the Art Center College of Design. Johnston responded to an ad looking for a storyboard artist at co...
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Joseph Eggleston "Joe" Johnston III (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director, responsible for such films as Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III, October Sky, and Jumanji, amongst others. He was also the author of a book titled The Adventures of Teebo: A Tale of Magic and Suspense.
Johnston attended California State University, Long Beach, as well as the Art Center College of Design. Johnston responded to an ad looking for a storyboard artist at college, which turned out to be for George Lucas' Lucasfilm company. Johnston began working at the company, eventually promoted to a head storyboard position which frequently teamed him with Lucas in the editing room. Johnston later referred to working for Lucas as the best film school he could ever have when he watched Lucas do the editing for the Star Wars trilogy. Eventually, Johnston became disillusioned with his job and decided to leave Lucasfilm with his earnings to travel the world. But Lucas had other ideas when Johnston came to leave...
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