 Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction adventure film and the third installment in the Jurassic Park film series . The film stars Sam Neill , William H. Macy , Téa Leoni , Alessandro Nivola , Trevor Morgan , and Michael Jeter . It is the first film in the series not to have been directed by Steven Spielberg , nor based on a novel by Michael Crichton . The film was directed by Joe Johnston , who was also the director of Jurassic Park . Jurassic Park III is the only film in the series not to feature Jeff Goldblum , who played Dr. Ian Malcolm in the first two films.
