Known For
Writing
Born
Feb 20, 1926
Died
Jun 23, 2013
Place of Birth
Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Credits
79 titles
Richard Matheson
Biography
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year. In addition, to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Both Steel and Button, Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Matheson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
No Such Thing as a Vampire
Writer
The Shrinking Man
Novel
De 6 à 8
Original Story
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Writer
The Life After Death Project
Self
Real Steel
Short Story
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self
The Box
Original Story
I Am Legend
Novel
I Am Omega
Novel
My Ambition
Short Story
Dance of the Dead
Short Story
Masters of Horror
Writer
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Self
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Self
Stir of Echoes
Novel
Family Guy
Short Story
What Dreams May Come
Novel
Trilogy of Terror II
Screenplay
The Outer Limits
Writer
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Teleplay
The Dreamer of Oz
Story
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Writer
Loose Cannons
Writer
Amazing Stories
Writer
The Twilight Zone
Writer
Jaws 3-D
Screenplay
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Story
Prey
Short Story
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Novel
Somewhere in Time
Astonished Man [1912]
The Martian Chronicles
Writer
Dead of Night
Writer
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Writer
Trilogy of Terror
Story
The Godfather Part II
Senator #3 (uncredited)
The Stranger Within
Teleplay
Icy Breasts
Novel
Dracula
Writer
The Morning After
Teleplay
Scream of the Wolf
Teleplay
Dying Room Only
Teleplay
The Legend of Hell House
Novel
The Night Strangler
Writer
Ghost Story
Writer
The Night Stalker
Teleplay
Duel
Screenplay
The Omega Man
Novel
Cold Sweat
Novel
Night Gallery
Writer