Michael Crichton 1942-2008
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:41 pm
The physician-author-filmmaker who gave us “Jurassic Park,” “Sphere,” “Rising Sun,” “Twister,” “Disclosure,” “Congo,” “Coma,” “The Terminal Man,” “The Great Train Robbery,” “Timeline,” “The 13th Warrior,” “Looker,” “Runaway,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “Westworld” and “ER” is no more.
Michael Crichton passed away Tuesday at age 66.
While studying at Harvard Med, he wrote a series of novels under the pen names John Lange and Jeffrey Hudson. One of these, "A Case of Need," won the 1969 Edgar Award for best novel.
The first novel written under his own name, 1969's "The Andromeda Strain," was quickly made into a 1971 movie directed by Robert Wise.
It was the first in a long line of Crichton novels adapted for the screen, among them "A Case of Need" (which became "The Carey Treatment"), "The Terminal Man," "The Great Train Robbery," "Eaters of the Dead" (which became "The Thirteenth Warrior"), "Congo," "Sphere," "Jurassic Park," "Rising Sun," "Disclosure," "The Lost World" and "Timeline."
Crichton novels optioned for the big screen but yet unmade include "Airframe," "Prey," "State of Fear" and "Next."
He also wrote directed several movies from his own original screenplays, including "Westworld," "Coma," "The Great Train Robbery," "Looker," and "Runaway."
He directed "Physical Evidence," for which he did not receive screenplay credit, and wrote "Twister," which he did not direct.
If all that's not enough to account for his 66 years on the planet, he was also a practicing M.D. and authored four works of non-fiction: "Five Patients," "Jasper Johns," "Electronic Life" and "Travels."
Find CBS’ story on the literal and literary giant Michael Crichton here.
Michael Crichton passed away Tuesday at age 66.
While studying at Harvard Med, he wrote a series of novels under the pen names John Lange and Jeffrey Hudson. One of these, "A Case of Need," won the 1969 Edgar Award for best novel.
The first novel written under his own name, 1969's "The Andromeda Strain," was quickly made into a 1971 movie directed by Robert Wise.
It was the first in a long line of Crichton novels adapted for the screen, among them "A Case of Need" (which became "The Carey Treatment"), "The Terminal Man," "The Great Train Robbery," "Eaters of the Dead" (which became "The Thirteenth Warrior"), "Congo," "Sphere," "Jurassic Park," "Rising Sun," "Disclosure," "The Lost World" and "Timeline."
Crichton novels optioned for the big screen but yet unmade include "Airframe," "Prey," "State of Fear" and "Next."
He also wrote directed several movies from his own original screenplays, including "Westworld," "Coma," "The Great Train Robbery," "Looker," and "Runaway."
He directed "Physical Evidence," for which he did not receive screenplay credit, and wrote "Twister," which he did not direct.
If all that's not enough to account for his 66 years on the planet, he was also a practicing M.D. and authored four works of non-fiction: "Five Patients," "Jasper Johns," "Electronic Life" and "Travels."
Find CBS’ story on the literal and literary giant Michael Crichton here.
