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Michael Crichton

Highest Rated: 91% Jurassic Park (1993)

Lowest Rated: 13% Timeline (2003)

Birthday: Oct 23, 1942

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dubbed "The Father of the Techno Thriller," author Michael Crichton first established himself as a physician and lecturer before turning his expertise to books, films and television. Though he penned several books under various pseudonyms, Crichton emerged as a best-selling genre writer with The Andromeda Strain (1969). Shortly after Robert Wise's successful film adaptation of that novel in 1971, Crichton moved into feature directing himself with "Westworld" (1973), a robot thriller set in a Western theme park. Over the ensuing decades, Crichton churned out numerous and eminently readable novels that tended to be plot-driven rather than character studies and made excellent fodder for screenplays; many of which he adapted and even directed. Perhaps his biggest success was penning the novel Jurassic Park, which was later turned into one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of film. Surprisingly pessimistic for bestsellers, his novels were meticulously researched and well constructed arguments supporting the author's various pet peeves - namely the arrogance of scientists, and the manifold abuses of political and economic power. Meanwhile, as a writer-director, he crafted several compelling thrillers, like "Coma" (1978) and "The First Great Train Robbery" (1979), as well as created one of the most successful television shows in history with "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) - all of which helped to establish Crichton as a powerful and lucrative force in several mediums.

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Highest rated movies

91% 91% Jurassic Park Watchlist 84% 70% Westworld Watchlist
81% 66% Coma
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77% 69% The Great Train Robbery
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67% 58% Twister
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59% 41% Disclosure Watchlist 53% 52% The Lost World: Jurassic Park Watchlist 49% 37% Jurassic Park III Watchlist
46% 33% Runaway
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33% 66% The 13th Warrior
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
13% 45% Timeline Writer $19.5M 2003
49% 37% Jurassic Park III Writer $181.2M 2001
33% 66% The 13th Warrior Director,
Writer,
Producer
$32.7M 1999
13% 38% Sphere Writer,
Producer
$37.0M 1998
53% 52% The Lost World: Jurassic Park Writer $229.1M 1997
67% 58% Twister Writer,
Producer
$241.7M 1996
59% 41% Disclosure Producer $81.3M 1994
33% 40% Rising Sun Screenwriter $62.5M 1993
91% 91% Jurassic Park Writer,
Screenwriter
$415.3M 1993
22% 14% Physical Evidence Director $3.5M 1989
46% 33% Runaway Director,
Screenwriter
- 1984
32% 41% Looker Director,
Screenwriter
- 1981
77% 69% The Great Train Robbery Director,
Writer
- 1978
81% 66% Coma Director,
Screenwriter
- 1978
84% 70% Westworld Director,
Writer
- 1973
No Score Yet 25% Pursuit Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Extreme Close-up Screenwriter - 1972

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 85% ER Writer,
Creator,
Executive Producer
1994-2009