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Ronald Shusett

Ronald Shusett

Writer · 1935–2024 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

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.

Wrote 27

2010s

  1. 2019

    Alien: Specimen

    Characters

  2. Alien: Ore

    Characters

  3. Alien: Night Shift

    Characters

  4. Alien: Harvest

    Characters

  5. Alien: Alone

    Characters

  6. Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series

    Characters

  7. 2017
  8. 2012

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1974

    W

    Story

Produced 6

Appearances7

2000s

  1. 2009

    Tales from the Script

    Self

  2. 2003

    The Beast Within: Making Alien

    Self

  3. 2002

    The Alien Saga

    Self

  4. 2001

    Imagining 'Total Recall'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Alien Legacy

    Self