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Ronald Shusett

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Executive Producer | * 06/01/1935 (88) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Ronald Shusett (born June 1935) is an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for his Works in the science fiction genre. He Wrote the original story for Alien (1979) With Dan O'Bannon and later Alien vs. Predator (2004). In 1974, he Was the first to option the Philip K. Dick short story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", that became the basis of the film Total Recall. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Science Fiction | Horror | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life ups ...

Total Recall

R

1990 | 3.6/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out ...

Aliens

R

1986 | 4.0/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...

Alien

R

1979 | 4.1/5 | 1h 57min
Horror, Science Fiction
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Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the ...

Total Recall

PG-13

2012 | 3.0/5 | 2h 1min
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Ronald Shusett

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
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Movies with Ronald Shusett as Actor(5)

as himself2019 Memory: The Origins of Alien
as himself2009 Tales from the Script
as himself2003 The Beast Within: Making 'Alien'
as Self (as Ron Shusett)2001 Imagining 'Total Recall'
as himself1999 The Alien Legacy

Movies with Ronald Shusett as Crew(32)

Writing/Characters2024 Alien: Romulus
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Ore
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Containment
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Harvest
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Night Shift
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Specimen
Writing/Characters2019 Alien: Alone
Writing/Characters2017 Alien: Covenant
Writing/Characters2012 Prometheus
Writing/Screenstory2012 Total Recall
Writing/Characters2007 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Writing/Screenplay2004 AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Writing/Author2004 AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Production/Executive Producer2002 Minority Report
Writing/Writer1997 Bleeders
Writing/Characters1997 Alien Resurrection
Writing/Characters1992 Alien³
Production/Producer1992 Freejack
Writing/Screenplay1992 Freejack
Production/Producer1990 Total Recall
Writing/Screenplay1990 Total Recall
Writing/Screenplay1988 Above the Law
Writing/Story1986 King Kong Lives
Writing/Screenplay1986 King Kong Lives
Writing/Characters1986 Aliens
Writing/Screenplay1983 The Final Terror
Production/Producer1981 Dead & Buried
Writing/Screenplay1981 Dead & Buried
Writing/Story1980 Phobia
Production/Executive Producer1979 Alien
Writing/Story1979 Alien
Writing/Story1974 W

Born: Saturday, 06/01 1935 (June) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 88 years + 330 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Ronald Shusett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ron Shusett"
Ronald Shusett frequently works together with these people:
Dan O'Bannon (24x, Crew)
H. R. Giger (11x, Actor)
David Giler (11x, Crew)
Walter Hill (10x, Crew)
Ridley Scott (9x, Crew)
Sigourney Weaver (7x, Actress)
Jerry Goldsmith (6x, Crew)
Gordon Carroll (6x, Crew)
Ron Cobb (5x, Crew)
Tom Woodruff Jr. (5x, Actor)
Andrew Davis (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:78761, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024