Joe Johnston

Director and producer. Born 13 May 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Titles on Fi1m3 directing · 1 producing · 1 crew

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 3 titles

Oscar1 won

Born

13 May 1950, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Active

1983–2011

Frequently works with

Hugo Weaving

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

66Fi1m

63Critics

We rate Joe’s work 3 points above the press, across 3 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above0

60 to 792

Under 601

Of 3 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 3 films
Screen time: 5 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $962m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won
Active: 1983–2011

Genres

Adventure3
Science Fiction3
Action2
Comedy1
Family1
Thriller1

Best and worst on Fi1m

76BestHoney, I Shrunk the Kids1989

58WorstJurassic Park III2001

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11970s

91980s

71990s

22000s

62010s

22020s

Co-stars most worked with

Hugo Weaving2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 won

Won1982Best Visual Effects · Raiders of the Lost Ark

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.