Directing · age 76

Joe Johnston

Best rated: October Sky (7.8)

Films: 10
Avg rating: 6.49
Peak run: 1991’04
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 10
Avg rating: 6.49
Peak run: 1991’04
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

Joe Johnston, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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198910 films2018

Current formLast 5: 6.18 vs career 6.49 (−0.31)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Joe by the numbers

Average

6.49

10 rated films

Vote weighted

6.52

bigger films count more

Median

6.6

half are better

Consistency

±0.68

rating spread

Career

30y

1989 to 2018

Total votes

2.4M

across every film

Best

7.8

October Sky

Worst

5.6

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	5.6	40,960
2014	Not Safe for Work	5.8	5,177
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	6.9	990K
2010	The Wolfman	5.9	119K
2004	Hidalgo	6.7	89,234
2001	Jurassic Park III	6.0	377K
1999	October Sky	7.8	113K
1995	Jumanji	7.1	420K
1991	The Rocketeer	6.6	66,547
1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	6.5	179K

Better together?

Joe Johnston's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Joe Johnston

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1982
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Won

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