Colin Trevorrow is the director of the film Jurassic World.
Jurassic World was released on June 12, 2015. This is the 1st film in the Jurassic World film series, succeeding the Jurassic Park series. The film is set 22 years after the incidents that took place in Jurassic Park, on the same fictional island of Isla Nublar. A theme park is made on the island for the tourists to see cloned dinosaurs. Things get chaotic when a hybrid dinosaur escapes which puts tourists' lives in danger.
The cast of the film includes Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Omar Sy, Nick Robinson, BD Wong, and Irrfan Khan. BD Wong is the only one who reprised his role from the original Jurassic Park film. The film went on to set many box office records and became the 2nd highest-grossing film of 2015. The film became successful because of the director’s modern take on Spielberg's original version. Let’s take a look at the director of Jurassic World and his involvement in the film.
Who is the director of Jurassic World?
Colin Trevorrow is the director of Jurassic World. He is an American director, producer, and screenwriter, born on September 13, 1976, in San Francisco, California, United States. In 1999, he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He partnered up with Derek Connolly in 2008. They met each other at NYU before interning at SNL. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the film Safety Not Guaranteed. After the release, it caught the attention of many people including Disney and Steven Spielberg.
Disney hired Trevorrow and Connolly to write a remake of the 1986 film Flight of the Navigator. They were also hired to reboot the Jurassic Park franchise. Trevorrow co-wrote and directed the 2015 film Jurassic World. After that, he went on to direct, co-write, and co-produce the next two parts of the Jurassic World franchise - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).
Apart from the Jurassic World films, he has worked on many projects, including Reality Show (2004), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), The Book of Henry (2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Taste the Revolution (2024), etc. He is married to Isabelle, and they have two children together.
How Colin Trevorrow became the director of Jurassic World
Jurassic World is directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow. Steven Spielberg was impressed by Colin Trevorrow’s confidence and his work in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). He gave the responsibility of a big-budget franchise to Colin Trevorrow because he believed in his vision and in his ability to pull it off. According to him, Colin had a big appetite for this franchise along with his big dreams.
When Colin was hired in March 2013, he didn’t like the initial script, so he along with his writing partner, Derek Connolly, wrote a new draft keeping the ideas given by Steven Spielberg. His script was approved by Spielberg and the production studio and they received the green light for shooting. In an interview with Wired, he shared that he wanted to tell a great story and create something that would entertain children. After the success of Jurassic World, he went on to direct, co-write, and co-produce the next two films of Jurassic World.
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FAQs about Colin Trevorrow
A. Colin Trevorrow is the director of Jurassic World.
A. Colin Trevorrow directed 2 Jurassic World films: Jurassic World (2015) and Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
A. No, Colin Trevorrow will not direct Jurassic World Rebirth.
