Writer
Ronald Shusett
- Born June 1, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died August 29, 2024
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.
Known for
Alien1979
Prometheus2012
Aliens1986
Minority Report2002
Alien: Covenant2017
Total Recall1990
Alien³1992
Total Recall2012
Filmography
- TBAUntitled Alien: Romulus SequelFilmCharacters
- TBAUntitled Alien FilmFilmCharacters
- 2025Alien: EarthSeriesOther
- 2024Alien: RomulusFilmCharacters
- 2019Memory: The Origins of AlienFilmSelf
- 2019Alien: SpecimenFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: ContainmentFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: HarvestFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: OreFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: AloneFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: Night ShiftFilmCharacters
- 2019Alien: Isolation - The Digital SeriesSeriesCharacters
- 2017Alien: CovenantFilmCharacters
- 2012PrometheusFilmCharacters
- 2012Total RecallFilmScreenstory
- 2009Tales from the ScriptFilmSelf
- 2007Aliens vs Predator: RequiemFilmCharacters
- 2004AVP: Alien vs. PredatorFilmScreenstory, Characters
- 2003The Beast Within: Making AlienFilmSelf
- 2002Minority ReportFilmExecutive Producer
- 2002The Alien SagaFilmSelf
- 2001Imagining 'Total Recall'FilmSelf
- 1999The Alien LegacyFilmSelf
- 1997Alien ResurrectionFilmCharacters
- 1997BleedersFilmWriter
- 1992Alien³FilmCharacters
- 1992FreejackFilmProducer, Screenplay, Screenstory
- 1990Total RecallFilmScreenplay, Producer, Screenstory
- 1988Above the LawFilmScreenplay
- 1987BiographySeriesSelf
- 1986AliensFilmCharacters
- 1986King Kong LivesFilmScreenplay, Story, Executive Producer
- 1983The Final TerrorFilmScreenplay
- 1981Dead & BuriedFilmScreenplay, Producer
- 1980PhobiaFilmStory
- 1979AlienFilmExecutive Producer, Story
- 1974WFilmStory