Known For
Writing
Born
Jun 03, 1950
Died
Nov 04, 2015
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
15 titles
Melissa Mathison
Biography
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. Mathison later wrote The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), based on Lynne Reid Banks's 1980 children's novel of the same name, and Kundun (1997), a biographical-drama film about the Dalai Lama. Her final film credit was The BFG (2016), which marked her third collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Mathison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Spielberg
Self
The BFG
Screenplay
The 'E.T.' Journals
Self
Refuge
Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
Self
Kundun
Screenplay
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
The Indian in the Cupboard
Screenplay
Son of the Morning Star
Teleplay
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Screenplay
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
Screenplay
The Black Stallion
Screenplay
Apocalypse Now
Executive Assistant