Person
Ronald Shusett
Writing · 1935–2024 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
Alien: Earth
Other
Alien: Romulus
Characters
Alien
Executive Producer
Aliens
Characters
Biography
Self
Prometheus
Characters
Alien Resurrection
Characters
Alien³
Characters
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Characters
Total Recall
Producer
Filmography
- 2025Alien: EarthOther
- 2024Alien: RomulusCharacters
- 2019Alien: SpecimenCharacters
- 2019Alien: OreCharacters
- 2019Alien: Night ShiftCharacters
- 2019Alien: HarvestCharacters
- 2019Alien: AloneCharacters
- 2019Alien: ContainmentCharacters
- 2019Alien: Isolation - The Digital SeriesCharacters
- 2019Memory: The Origins of AlienSelf
- 2017Alien: CovenantCharacters
- 2012Total RecallScreenstory
- 2012PrometheusCharacters
- 2009Tales from the ScriptSelf
- 2007Aliens vs Predator: RequiemCharacters
- 2004AVP: Alien vs. PredatorScreenstory
- 2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf
- 2002The Alien SagaSelf
- 2002Minority ReportExecutive Producer
- 2001Imagining 'Total Recall'Self
- 1999The Alien LegacySelf
- 1997Alien ResurrectionCharacters
- 1997BleedersWriter
- 1992Alien³Characters
- 1992FreejackProducer
- 1990Total RecallProducer
- 1988Above the LawScreenplay
- 1987BiographySelf
- 1986King Kong LivesStory
- 1986AliensCharacters
- 1983The Final TerrorScreenplay
- 1981Dead & BuriedScreenplay
- 1980PhobiaStory
- 1979AlienExecutive Producer
- 1974WStory
- —Untitled Alien: Romulus SequelCharacters
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