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Ronald Shusett

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Ronald Shusett was born to David and Fanny Shusett in June 1935. His younger brother Gary (1941 - 2013) founded the Sherwood Oaks Film School. When Ronald was three the family moved from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles where he grew up. He attended UCLA for two years and in the mid-1960s began producing stage plays. Over the next few years he wrote several stories for publication, including the ideas for screenplays and in 1974 he met Dan O' Bannon, with whom he would write 'Alien' and 'Total Recall', subsequently contributing to other films largely in the horror genre.
BornJune 28, 1935
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Alien (1979)
Alien
8.5
  • Writer
  • 1979
Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)
Aliens
8.4
  • Writer
  • 1986
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)
Total Recall
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1990
Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Colin Farrell in Total Recall (2012)
Total Recall
6.2
  • Writer
  • 2012

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Writer

  • Untitled Alien Prequel
    • based on characters created by
    • In Development
  • Hunters
    • Writer
    • Pre-production
  • Alien: Specimen (2019)
    Alien: Specimen
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Alien: Ore (2019)
    Alien: Ore
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Taylor Lyons in Alien: Alone (2019)
    Alien: Alone
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Alien: Night Shift (2019)
    Alien: Night Shift
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Alien: Containment (2019)
    Alien: Containment
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Alien: Harvest (2019)
    Alien: Harvest
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Alien: Covenant (2017)
    Alien: Covenant
    • based on characters created by
    • 2017
  • Alien: Isolation (2014)
    Alien: Isolation
    • characters
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013)
    Aliens: Colonial Marines
    • created by: Alien (uncredited)
    • Video Game
    • 2013
  • Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Colin Farrell in Total Recall (2012)
    Total Recall
    • based on the motion picture "Total Recall", screen story by
    • based on the motion picture "Total Recall", screenplay by
    • screen story by
    • 2012
  • Prometheus (2012)
    Prometheus
    • based on elements created by
    • 2012
  • Aliens: Deleted and Extended Scenes (2010)
    Aliens: Deleted and Extended Scenes
    • based on characters created by
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
    • "Alien" characters
    • 2007
  • Alien vs. Predator (2004)
    Alien vs. Predator
    • "Alien" characters
    • screen story
    • 2004
  • Alien: Outtakes (1999)
    Alien: Outtakes
    • story by
    • Video
    • 1999

Producer

  • Hunters
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
  • Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
    Minority Report
    • executive producer
    • 2002
  • Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Mick Jagger in Freejack (1992)
    Freejack
    • producer
    • 1992
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)
    Total Recall
    • producer
    • 1990
  • King Kong Lives (1986)
    King Kong Lives
    • executive producer
    • 1986
  • Dead & Buried (1981)
    Dead & Buried
    • producer
    • 1981
  • Alien (1979)
    Alien
    • executive producer
    • 1979

Additional Crew

  • Prometheus (2012)
    Prometheus
    • based on elements created by
    • 2012
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    • Ron Shusett
  • Born
    • June 28, 1935
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Spouse
    • Linda TurleyOctober 1, 1976 - present
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    • 3 Interviews

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    He first optioned the short story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, in 1974. This short story was the basis for the movie Total Recall (1990).
  • Quotes
    My loves are science fiction in every form, as well as the dark Jim Thompson/James M. Cain type of film noir. Most of my career I see alternating between suspense and SF. There will probably be very little I'll do outside of those genres, since I seem to gravitate so strongly toward them.

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