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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 is a Hollywood screenwriter and producer who co-wrote Alien and Total Recall with Dan O'Bannon. He also worked on other sci-fi and horror films, such as Prometheus, Alien vs. Predator, and Minority Report.
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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.
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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
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...
Aug 9, 2016 · As a producer and/or writer, Ronald Shusett’s credits include FREEJACK, TOTAL RECALL, KING KONG LIVES, and DEAD AND BURIED. But his most famous effort remains the 1979 classic ALIEN, about a crew of astronauts bedeviled by an unstoppable alien on board their ship.
