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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Roslyn... more
Trivia:
Director Nicolas Roeg originally wanted him to play the alien in... more
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy.
Another
9 wins
&
9 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(159 articles)
Darwin at the movies: A festival of apes, aliens and troglodytes
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 12:05 PM, PST)
Beautiful, Fabulous and Evil: 10 Favorite Female Villains!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 17 November 2009, 3:22 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 12:05 PM, PST)
Beautiful, Fabulous and Evil: 10 Favorite Female Villains!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 17 November 2009, 3:22 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
J. Michael Crichton | Michael Douglas | Jeffery Hudson | John Lange
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
In Development: 
- Next (details only on IMDbPro)
- Pirate Latitudes (details only on IMDbPro)
Writer:
- Westworld (2009) (announced) (earlier screenplay)
- "ER" (326 episodes, 1994-2009)
- And in the End... (2009) TV episode (creator)
- I Feel Good (2009) TV episode (creator)
- Shifting Equilibrium (2009) TV episode (creator)
- Old Times (2009) TV episode (creator)
- What We Do (2009) TV episode (creator)
(321 more) - "The Andromeda Strain" (2008) TV mini-series (novel) (as J. Michael Crichton)
- Timeline (2003) (novel)
- Jurassic Park III (2001) (characters)
... aka JP3 (USA: promotional abbreviation) - The 13th Warrior (1999) (novel "Eaters of the Dead")
... aka The Thirteenth Warrior - Sphere (1998) (novel)
- Trespasser (1998) (VG) (character John Hammond)
... aka The Lost World: Trespasser (USA: promotional title) - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (novel "The Lost World")
- Twister (1996) (written by)
- Congo (1995) (novel)
- Disclosure (1994) (novel)
- Rising Sun (1993) (novel) (screenplay)
- Jurassic Park (1993) (novel) (screenplay)
... aka JP (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Jurassic Park (1993) (VG) (characters)
- Runaway (1984) (written by)
- Looker (1981) (written by)
- "Beyond Westworld" (5 episodes, 1980)
- Sound of Terror (1980) TV episode (creator)
- Brother's Keeper, My (1980) TV episode (creator)
- Westworld Destroyer (1980) TV episode (creator)
- Take-Over (1980) TV episode (creator)
- The Lion (1980) TV episode (creator) - The First Great Train Robbery (1979) (novel) (screenplay)
... aka The Great Train Robbery (USA) - Coma (1978) (screenplay)
- The Terminal Man (1974) (novel)
- "Insight" (3 episodes, 1971-1974)
- The Theft (1974) TV episode (written by)
- Killer (1972) TV episode (written by)
- The War of the Eggs (1971) TV episode (written by) - Westworld (1973) (written by)
- Extreme Close-Up (1973) (writer)
- Pursuit (1972) (TV) (novel "Binary") (as John Lange)
... aka Binary - The Carey Treatment (1972) (novel "A Case of Need") (as Jeffery Hudson)
... aka A Case of Murder (Australia)
... aka Emergency Ward - Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) (novel) (as Michael Douglas)
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) (novel)
Producer:
- "ER" (executive producer) (329 episodes, 1994-2009)
- And in the End... (2009) TV episode (executive producer)
- I Feel Good (2009) TV episode (executive producer)
- Shifting Equilibrium (2009) TV episode (executive producer)
- Old Times (2009) TV episode (executive producer)
- What We Do (2009) TV episode (executive producer)
(324 more) - The 13th Warrior (1999) (producer)
... aka The Thirteenth Warrior - Sphere (1998) (producer)
- Twister (1996) (producer)
- Disclosure (1994) (producer)
- Information Processing (1971) (consulting producer)
Director:
- The 13th Warrior (1999) (reshoots) (uncredited)
... aka The Thirteenth Warrior - Physical Evidence (1989)
- Runaway (1984)
- Looker (1981)
- The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
... aka The Great Train Robbery (USA) - Coma (1978)
- Westworld (1973)
- Pursuit (1972) (TV)
... aka Binary
Actor:
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) (uncredited) .... Bearded surgeon
Thanks:
- "ER" (special acknowledgment) (1 episode, 2008)
- Heal Thyself (2008) TV episode (special acknowledgment) - Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere' (1998) (TV) (special thanks)
Self:
- The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007) .... Himself
... aka The Man who shot Chinatown - Der Kameramann John A. Alonzo (Germany) - "Continuarà..." .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 29 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Matins a TV3, Els" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 29 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Druckfrisch" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #3.1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "NewsNight with Aaron Brown" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 13 December 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Richard & Judy" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 9 December 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Closer to Truth" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Is Science Fiction Science? (????) TV episode .... Himself - The Jurassic Park Phenomenon: A Discussion with Author Michael Crichton (2001) (V) .... Himself
- Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001) .... Himself
- A Portrait of Michael Crichton (2001) (V) .... Himself
- The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2001) (V) .... Himself
- Beyond Jurassic Park (2001) (V) .... Himself - writer, "Jurassic Park" & "Lost World, The"
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Sphere (1998) TV episode .... Himself - Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere' (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Sean Connery Close Up (1997) (V) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Lost World' (1997) (V) .... Himself
- Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) (V) .... Himself
- On Location with Westworld (1973) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 28 June 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
-
"ER"
- Previously on ER (2009) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Memorial Tribute
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1999) (novel) Timeline, November 1999, Alfred Knopf, New York.
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 8 Interviews | 18 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo
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