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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]

Jeunet hired French special effects supervisor Pitof and cinematographer

Darius Khondji, both of whom he had worked with on

The City of Lost Children. Nigel Phelps was chosen for

production designer, having made a name for himself designing

Gotham City in Batman and Mega-City One in Judge Dredd. Jeunet and his

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