Melissa Mathison

Screenwriter · 1950–2015 · Los Angeles

Melissa Marie Mathison (June 3, 1950 – November 4, 2015) was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement. She was best known for writing the screenplays for the films The Black Stallion (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the latter of which earned her the Saturn Award for Best Writing and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Filmography

WRITER · 7

The BFG2016
Kundun1997
The Indian in the Cupboard1995
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982
The Escape Artist1982
The Black Stallion1979

ACTOR · 7

Spielberg2017 · Self
The E.T. Journals2012 · Self
Refuge2006 · Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special2002 · Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese1998 · Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'1996 · Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982 · Elliot's School Nurse

PRODUCER · 4

The BFG2016
Kundun1997
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982
Apocalypse Now1979

SERIES · 1

Son of the Morning Star1991 · Writer

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