Joseph Eggleston Johnston II (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director and former visual effects artist best known for such effects-driven movies 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).