# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:00:50.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-johnston"
name: "Joe Johnston"
slug: "joe-johnston"
description: "Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American film director, producer, writer, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing visual effects-driven films, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)."
tagline: "American film director and effects artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Johnston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.07935531496062992
  historical:           22.85652666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0002653"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Johnston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump