Acting credits
7
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Ronald Shusett
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 32Series: 3Crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 5046
IMDb ID: nm0795953
Known for: Writing
Born: June 1, 1935
Died: August 29, 2024
Age: 89
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2025
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q3056094
Also known as
Ron Shusett
Other jobs
Characters (14)Screenplay (5)Story (3)Executive Producer (2)Screenstory (2)Other (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ronald Shusett.
7.2
Alien: Romulus
Characters
2024 Movie
6.2
Alien: Specimen
Characters
2019 Movie
6.1
Alien: Ore
Characters
2019 Movie
6.1
Alien: Containment
Characters
2019 Movie
6.5
Alien: Harvest
Characters
2019 Movie
6.3
Alien: Alone
Characters
2019 Movie
6.1
Alien: Night Shift
Characters
2019 Movie
6.3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
2019 Movie
6.2
Alien: Covenant
Characters
2017 Movie
6.0
Total Recall
Screenstory
2012 Movie
6.6
Prometheus
Characters
2012 Movie
6.5
Tales from the Script
as Self
2009 Movie
5.2
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Characters
2007 Movie
5.9
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Screenstory
2004 Movie
8.2
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003 Movie
6.1
The Alien Saga
as Self
2002 Movie
7.3
Minority Report
Executive Producer
2002 Movie
7.0
Imagining 'Total Recall'
as Self
2001 Movie
6.9
The Alien Legacy
as Self
1999 Movie
6.2
Alien Resurrection
Characters
1997 Movie
4.5
Bleeders
Writer
1997 Movie
6.4
Alien³
Characters
1992 Movie
5.5
Freejack
Screenplay
1992 Movie
7.3
Total Recall
Screenplay
1990 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ronald Shusett.
