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.
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Movies (13)
Spielberg
as Self
2017
The BFG
Screenplay (Writing)
2016
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
1998
Kundun
Screenplay (Writing)
1997
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1996
The Indian in the Cupboard
Screenplay (Writing)
1995
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Screenplay (Writing)
1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
1982
The Escape Artist
Screenplay (Writing)
1982
The Black Stallion
Screenplay (Writing)
1979
Apocalypse Now
Executive Assistant (Production)
1979
