To resurrect these ancient and powerful species who ruled the world for 165 million years, the director and his team of special effects wizards embarked on a three-year journey of discovery, creating new technologies, transforming old ones and ushering filmmaking into the 21st Century. 'My interest is in making a good movie that honors the existence of dinosaurs,' Spielberg said during filming of the 1993 biogenetics adventure, which would become the highest grossing motion picture of all time and win three Academy Awards® for its ground-breaking visual and sound effects. With Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg recalled from extinction the greatest creatures our planet has ever known.