Ronald Shusett

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-06-01 (89 years old)

Deathday

2024-08-29

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Ronald Shusett

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.

Production

1979

Alien

as Executive Producer

1990

Total Recall

as Producer

1990

Total Recall

as Screenplay

1983

The Final Terror

as Screenplay

1981

Dead & Buried

as Screenplay

2019

Alien: Night Shift

as Characters

2019

Alien: Harvest

as Characters

2019

Alien: Specimen

as Characters

2019

Alien: Alone

as Characters

2019

Alien: Containment

as Characters

1992

Freejack

as Producer

1992

Freejack

as Screenplay

1988

Above the Law

as Screenplay

2012

Total Recall

as Screenstory

1997

Bleeders

as Writer

1981

Dead & Buried

as Producer

1980

Phobia

as Story

2002

Minority Report

as Executive Producer

2024

Alien: Romulus

as Characters

2017

Alien: Covenant

as Characters

1979

Alien

as Story

1986

1986

King Kong Lives

as Screenplay

2004

2004

1990

Total Recall

as Screenstory

1974

W

as Story

2012

Prometheus

as Characters

1997

Alien Resurrection

as Characters

1986

Aliens

as Characters

1992

Alien³

as Characters

2019

Alien: Ore

as Characters

1992

Freejack

as Screenstory

1986

King Kong Lives

as Executive Producer

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