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Trainspotting director Danny Boyle was the producers' first choice to direct the film. Boyle and his producer met with effects supervisors to discuss the film, but he passed on the project and went on to make A Life Less Ordinary instead. Boyle said that while he was "very passionate" about the project, he did not consider himself ready for the amount of effects needed for the film, "I just suddenly had a rare moment of clarity, thinking, “You are not the right guy for this.”"cite-ref-11[10] Peter Jackson was also approached, but declined as he could not get excited about an Alien film.cite-ref-peter-jackson-faq-12-0[11] In 1995, after the release of The Usual Suspects, 20th Century Fox approached Bryan Singer to direct.cite-ref-13[12] Jean-Pierre Jeunet was asked to direct, as the film's producers believed he had a unique visual style. Jeunet had just completed the script to Amélie and was surprised he was offered the job for Alien Resurrection, as he thought the franchise had finished with Alien 3 and believed that making a sequel was a bad idea.cite-ref-french-twist-14-0[13] Jeunet, however, accepted the project with a budget of $70 million.cite-ref-sigourney-weaver-eludes-the-image-police-2-1[2] He required an interpreter as he did not speak much English when filming began.cite-ref-audioc-15-0[14]

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