Melissa Mathison

Melissa Mathison

Writing

Birthday

1950/06/03

Day of death

2015/11/04 (65 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also know as

Josh Rogan

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 Ba...Read more

Acting
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
7.4

(1996) The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

as Self

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
7.3

(2002) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

as Self

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
6.5

(1998) In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

as Self

Spielberg
7.6

(2017) Spielberg

as Self

The 'E.T.' Journals
10.0

(2012) The 'E.T.' Journals

as Self

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7.5

(1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)