Joe Johnston, American film director and effects artist

Joseph Eggleston Johnston II (born July 13, 1950) is an American film director, writer, and visual effects artist best known for such effects-driven films as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Jumanji (1995), and Jurassic Park III (2001). These movies include a number of period films such as The Rocketeer (1991), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Johnston also directed the biographical drama October Sky (1999).