Writing
Melissa Mathison
1950 · Los Angeles, California, USA
14 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Apocalypse Now
Executive Assistant
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
The BFG
Screenplay
The Indian in the Cupboard
Screenplay
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Screenplay
The Black Stallion
Screenplay
Refuge
Self
Kundun
Screenplay
Spielberg
Self
The Escape Artist
Screenplay
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
The 'E.T.' Journals
Self