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Siblings
  
Gary Shusett

Spouse
  
Linda Turley

Role
  
Screenwriter

Name
  
Ronald Shusett


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Books
  
Alien: The Complete Illustrated Screenplay

Awards
  
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Movies
  
Alien, Total Recall, Aliens, Alien vs Predator, Alien: Resurrection

Similar People
  
Dan O'Bannon, Ridley Scott, David Giler, Gordon Carroll, Walter Hill

Occupation
  
Screenwriter, Producer

ALIEN 40th anniversary Q&A with Ronald Shusett, Diane O'Bannon, David Weitzner - April 20, 2019


Ronald Shusett (born June 1935) is an American motion picture screenwriter and producer, usually in the science fiction genre.

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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.

Filmography

  • W (1974) – story
  • Alien (1979) – story / executive producer
  • Phobia (1980) – story
  • Dead & Buried (1981) – screenwriter / producer
  • The Final Terror (1983) – screenwriter
  • King Kong Lives (1986) – screenwriter / executive producer
  • Above the Law (1988) – screenwriter
  • Total Recall (1990) – screenwriter / producer
  • Freejack (1992) – screenwriter / producer
  • Bleeders (1997) – screenwriter
  • Minority Report (2002) – executive producer
  • Alien vs. Predator (2004) – screen story
  • The Medusa Hour (2008) – executive producer
  • Death Warrior (2008) – producer
  • Deadly Exchange (2009) – screenwriter
  • Hunt of the Sea Wolves (2009) – executive producer
  • References

    Ronald Shusett Wikipedia