Melissa Mathison
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Died
- November 4, 2015
- Birthplace
- Los 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 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.
Filmography
Spielberg 2017
as Self
The BFG 2016
Screenplay, Associate Producer
The E.T. Journals 2012
as Self
- Refuge
Refuge 2006
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special 2002
as Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese 1998
as Self
Kundun 1997
Screenplay, Co-Producer
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' 1996
as Self
The Indian in the Cupboard 1995
Screenplay
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
Screenplay
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
as Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited), Associate Producer, Writer
The Escape Artist 1982
Screenplay
The Black Stallion 1979
Screenplay
Apocalypse Now 1979
Executive Assistant
Credits from TMDB.