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.
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Filmography
all 76
Writer 65
Movies 58
TV Shows 18
self 5
Screenplay 2
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
The Life After Death Project (2013)
Black Magic: The Making of the Devil Rides Out (2012)
Real Steel (2011)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010)
The Box (2009)
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Omega (2007)
My Ambition (2006)
Dance of the Dead (2005)
Masters of Horror (2005)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
The Dreamer of Oz (1990)
Loose Cannons (1990)
Amazing Stories (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Dead of Night (1977)
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Stranger Within (1974)
Icy Breasts (1974)
Dracula (1974)
The Morning After (1974)
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
Die Prüfung (1973)
Dying Room Only (1973)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
The Ghost of Potter's Field (1973)
The Night Strangler (1973)
Ghost Story (1972)
The Night Stalker (1972)
Duel (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)
Cold Sweat (1970)
Night Gallery (1970)
It's Alive (1969)
De Sade (1969)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Young Warriors (1967)
Soy leyenda (1967)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
Star Trek (1966)
Fanatic (1965)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Raven (1963)
Combat! (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Night of the Eagle (1962)
The Return of Andrew Bentley (1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Master of the World (1961)
Thriller (1960)
House of Usher (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Beat Generation (1959)
Lawman (1958)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Cheyenne (1955)
L'Homme qui rétrécit
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-02-20
Deathday2013-06-23 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceAllendale, United States of America
ChildrenChris Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Ali Marie Matheson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRichard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Richard Matheson Sr.
AwardsScience Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, Geffen Award, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Edgar Awards
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