Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Johnston and written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor. It is the third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the original trilogy, following The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). It was the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg or based on a novel by Michael Crichton, although it features characters and concepts created by Crichton. The film stars Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, and Michael Jeter, with a brief appearance by Laura Dern.