Richard Matheson
Writing
Born: February 20, 1926 · Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Died: June 23, 2013 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
I Am Legend
2007
The Godfather Part II
1974
Real Steel
2011
Family Guy
1999
What Dreams May Come
1998
Duel
1971
The Box
2009
Star Trek
1966
Jaws 3-D
1983
Stir of Echoes
1999
The Twilight Zone
1959
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Photos (1)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (4)
Upcoming (1)
Writing (83)
Family Guy
Short Story
Star Trek
Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Novel
The Twilight Zone
Writer
Have Gun, Will Travel
Writer
The Outer Limits
Writer
Combat!
Writer
Cheyenne
Writer
Real Steel
Short Story
The Twilight Zone
Writer
Lawman
Writer
Thriller
Writer
Night Gallery
Writer
I Am Legend
Novel
Amazing Stories
Writer
Masters of Horror
Writer
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Writer
The Shrinking Man
Novel
What Dreams May Come
Novel
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Story
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Screenplay
Jaws 3-D
Screenplay
Ghost Story
Writer
Duel
Screenplay
Duel
Story
The Box
Original Story
Stir of Echoes
Novel
The Omega Man
Novel
Somewhere in Time
Screenplay
Somewhere in Time
Novel
The Legend of Hell House
Screenplay
The Legend of Hell House
Novel
The Martian Chronicles
Writer
The Night Stalker
Teleplay
Trilogy of Terror
Story
Trilogy of Terror
Screenplay
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Screenplay
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Novel
The Pit and the Pendulum
Screenplay
Tales of Terror
Screenplay
The Comedy of Terrors
Screenplay
The Comedy of Terrors
Novel
Cold Sweat
Novel
House of Usher
Writer
The Raven
Screenplay
Late Night Horror
Short Story
The Last Man on Earth
Novel
The Last Man on Earth
Screenplay
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Teleplay
Trilogy of Terror II
Screenplay
Trilogy of Terror II
Short Story
Master of the World
Screenplay
Loose Cannons
Writer
Fanatic
Screenplay
Dracula
Writer
The Devil Rides Out
Screenplay
De Sade
Screenplay
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Novel
Dance of the Dead
Short Story
Icy Breasts
Novel
Soy leyenda
Novel
The Night Strangler
Writer
I Am Omega
Novel
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Writer
Dying Room Only
Teleplay
Dying Room Only
Short Story
The Dreamer of Oz
Story
The Dreamer of Oz
Screenplay
Night of the Eagle
Writer
Dead of Night
Writer
Dead of Night
Original Story
Scream of the Wolf
Teleplay
The Beat Generation
Writer
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Writer
No Such Thing as a Vampire
Writer
The Stranger Within
Short Story
The Stranger Within
Teleplay
My Ambition
Short Story
The Young Warriors
Writer
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Writer
The Morning After
Teleplay
De 6 à 8
Original Story