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Michael Crichton Biography (1942-)
Full name, John Michael Crichton; born October 23, 1942, in Chicago, IL; sonof John Henderson (a corporation president) and Zula (maiden name, Miller) Crichton; married Joan Radam, January 1, 1965 (divorced, 1970); married Kathy St. Johns, 1978 (divorced, 1980); married Suzanne Childs (an attorney; divorced); married Anne-Marie Martin (an actress and screenwriter), 1987 (separated,2001); children: (fourth marriage) Taylor (daughter). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Janklow and Nesbit Assoc., 598 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022; Artists Management Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., #212, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: c/o2118 Wilshire Blvd., #433, Santa Monica, CA 90403; 433 N. Camden Dr., BeverlyHills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Novelist, screenwriter, film director
- Birth Details
- October 23, 1942
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Director
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Westworld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
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Coma, United Artists, 1978
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The Great Train Robbery (also known as The First Great Train Robbery), United Artists, 1979
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Looker, Warner Bros., 1981
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Runaway, TriStar, 1984
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Physical Evidence, Columbia, 1989
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The 13th Warrior (also known as Eaters of the Dead and The Thirteenth Warrior), Buena Vista, 1999
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Film Executive Producer
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Disclosure, Warner Bros., 1994
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Film Producer
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Twister, Warner Bros., 1996
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Sphere, Warner Bros., 1998
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The 13th Warrior (also known as Eaters of the Dead and The Thirteenth Warrior), Buena Vista, 1999
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Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) The Andromeda Strain, 1971
- Himself, Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool,2001
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Television Work
- Director, Pursuit (movie; also known as Binary), ABC, 1972
- Executive producer, ER (pilot), NBC, 1994
- Creator and executive producer, ER (series), NBC, 1994-
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Interviewee, Barbara Walters Presents "The 10 Most Fascinating Peopleof 1996," ABC, 1996
- Presenter, The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1996
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Episodic
- Narrator, "The Real Jurassic Park," Nova, PBS, 1993
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Extreme Close-Up (also known as Sex through a Window), National General, 1973
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Westworld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973, published by Bantam (New York City), 1974
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Coma (based on the novel of the same title by Robin Cook), UnitedArtists, 1977
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The Great Train Robbery (also known as The First Great Train Robbery; based on Crichton's novel), United Artists, 1978
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Looker, Warner Bros., 1981
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Runaway, TriStar, 1984
- (With David Koepp) Jurassic Park (also known as JP; based on Crichton's novel), Universal, 1993
- (With Michael Backes and Philip Kaufman) Rising Sun (based on Crichton's novel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
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Disclosure (based on Crichton's novel), Warner Bros., 1994
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Congo (based on Crichton's novel), Paramount, 1995
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Twister, Warner Bros., 1996
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Television Pilots
- "24 Hours: Parts 1 & 2" (also known as "The Longest Day: Parts 1 & 2"), ER, NBC, 1994
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Novels
- (Under pseudonym Jeffery Hudson) A Case of Need, New American Library (New York City), 1968
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The Andromeda Strain, Knopf (New York City), 1969
- (With Douglas Crichton, under joint pseudonym Michael Douglas) Dealing: Or, The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, Knopf, 1971
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The Terminal Man, Knopf, 1972
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The Great Train Robbery, Knopf, 1975
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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922, Knopf, 1976
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Congo, Knopf, 1980
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Sphere, Knopf, 1987
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Jurassic Park, Knopf, 1990
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Rising Sun, Knopf, 1992
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Disclosure, Knopf, 1994
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The Lost World, Knopf, 1995
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Airframe, Knopf, 1996
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Timeline, Knopf, 1999
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Mystery Novels
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under Pseudonym John Lange
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Odds On, New American Library, 1966
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Scratch One, New American Library, 1967
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Easy Go, New American Library, 1968, published as The Last Tomb, Bantam, 1974
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Zero Cool, New American Library, 1969
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The Venom Business, New American Library, 1969
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Drug of Choice, New American Library, 1970
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Grave Descend, New American Library, 1970
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Binary, New American Library, 1971
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Nonfiction
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Five Patients: The Hospital Explained, Knopf, 1970
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Jasper Johns, Abrams (New York City), 1977
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Electronic Life: How to Think about Computers, Knopf, 1983
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Travels, Knopf, 1988
- Contributor to magazines, including Wired.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
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The Andromeda Strain was filmed by Universal in 1971; The Terminal Man was filmed by Warner Bros. in 1974; the novel A Case of Need was adapted as the film The Carey Treatment (also known as Emergency Ward) and released in 1972; Binary was filmed by ABC for television and aired as Pursuit (also known as Binary), in 1972; Dealing: or, The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues was adapted and released in 1972; The Terminal Man was filmed and released in 1974; The Lost World was released on film as The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Universal, 1997; Sphere was adapted for the screen and released by Warner Bros. in 1998; Eaters of the Dead was adapted for thescreen and released as The 13th Warrior (also known as The Thirteenth Warrior), Buena Vista, 1999; Timeline was adapted and releasedby Paramount in 2003.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Novelists, 7th edition, St. James Press, 2001
- Crichton, Michael, Travels, Knopf, 1988
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St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000
- Trembley, Elizabeth, Michael Crichton: A Critical Companion, Greenwood (Westport, CT), 1996
Periodicals
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PC Magazine, May 27, 1997, p. 30
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Time, January 10, 1994, p. 52; September 25, 1995, p. 60
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Vanity Fair, January, 1994, pp. 32-49
Electronic
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The Official Site of Michael Crichton, http://www.crichton-official.com, May 18, 2002
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