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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).
Ronald Shusett. Writer: Alien. Ronald Shusett was born to David and Fanny Shusett in June 1935. His younger brother Gary (1941 - 2013) founded the Sherwood Oaks Film School.
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Ronald Shusett (born June 28, 1935) is an American film writer and producer who co-wrote the 1979 film Alien with Dan O'Bannon and the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator with Dan O'Bannon and Paul W. S. Anderson. He also served as executive producer on Alien.
In 1974, he was the first to option the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", which eventually became the film Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shusett is sometimes credited as Thilo T. Newman.
•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
•Ronald Shusett at the Internet Movie Database
May 12, 2017 · Learn how Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett co-wrote the short story and script for the sci-fi horror classic Alien, drawing on their sci-fi influences and a dream-inspired idea. Discover how they created the iconic alien creature and the claustrophobic space-ship setting.
1 day ago · Shusett bought the rights to Dick’s short story in 1974 and developed a script with O’Bannon. Although considered promising, the ambitious scope kept the project in development hell at multiple studios over sixteen years, seeing forty script drafts, seven different directors, and multiple actors cast as Quaid.
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).
May 25, 2017 · As IMDb and Wikipedia tell it, those twin gatekeepers of accurate movie trivia, screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett struggled with finding a way for the alien to actually get onto the...
