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Jurassic World Rebirth director Gareth Edwards on following in Steven Spielberg’s footsteps

British filmmaker Gareth Edwards talks about Steven Spielberg’s offer of a lifetime to direct the new film in his Jurassic World franchise

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Jurassic World Rebirth director Gareth Edwards at the film’s premiere in New York on June 23, 2025. The British filmmaker says he was never going to turn down Steven Spielberg’s offer to direct the latest film in his hit franchise. Photo: Invision/AP
James Mottram

Like most directors of his generation, Gareth Edwards is a student of Steven Spielberg's films.

The unassuming British filmmaker has echoed Spielberg ever since his low-budget 2010 debut Monsters, crafting thoughtful, big-scale spectacles.

His 2014 blockbuster Godzilla saw him deliver the ultimate monster movie as he re-birthed the Japanese kaiju tradition.
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He followed that in 2016 with the acclaimed Star Wars spin-off tale Rogue One. In 2023, he made The Creator, a beautiful sci-fi film that felt emotionally tied to Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Edwards was exhausted after The Creator, but then came the offer of a lifetime: Spielberg and producer Frank Marshall wanted him to continue their beloved Jurassic franchise.

Ever since Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park, adapted from Michael Crichton’s novel about a billionaire tycoon who plays God by breeding dinosaurs from fossilised DNA, the series has become one of the most popular in Hollywood history.

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