Yeah, i didnt know who he was but my dad told me that he wrote the book Jurassic Park too.
Hmmm...insert age comment here.
He had a hell of a run in the '90s with movies based off of his novels. Not to mention he was the creator of ER.
Movie Credits
2015 Jurassic World (characters) (pre-production)
2008 The Andromeda Strain (TV Mini-Series) (novel - as J. Michael Crichton)
2003 Timeline (novel)
2001 Jurassic Park III (characters)
1999 The 13th Warrior (novel "Eaters of the Dead")
1998 Sphere (novel)
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (novel "The Lost World")
1996 Twister (written by)
1995 Congo (novel)
1994 Disclosure (novel)
1993 Rising Sun (novel) / (screenplay)
1993 Jurassic Park (novel) / (screenplay)
1984 Runaway (written by)
1981 Looker (written by)
1980 Beyond Westworld (TV Series) (5 episodes)
1978 The Great Train Robbery (novel) / (screenplay)
1978 Coma (screenplay)
1974 The Terminal Man (novel)
1971-1974 Insight (TV Series) (written by - 3 episodes)
1973 Westworld (written by)
1973 Extreme Close-Up (writer)
1972 Pursuit (TV Movie) (novel "Binary" - as John Lange)
1972 The Carey Treatment (novel "A Case of Need" - as Jeffery Hudson)
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (novel - as Michael Douglas)
1971 The Andromeda Strain (novel)