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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982* 7.5
Spielberg2017* 7.5
Refuge2006* NR
The E.T. Journals2012* 10.0
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'1996* 7.4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special2002* 7.3
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese1998* 7.3
Melissa Mathison
WritingBorn 3 Jun 1950Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known For & Filmography
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982* 7.5Spielberg2017* 7.5Refuge2006* NRThe E.T. Journals2012* 10.0The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'1996* 7.4E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special2002* 7.3In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese1998* 7.3Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.