Jun 1, 1935 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ronald Shusett (born June 1935) is an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for his works in the science fiction genre.
He wrote the original story for Alien (1979) with Dan O'Bannon and later Alien vs. Predator (2004).
In 1974, he was the first to option the Philip K. Dick short story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", that became the basis of the film Total Recall.
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| Movie | 2009 | Tales from the Script | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Alien Saga | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Alien Legacy | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Imagining 'Total Recall' | Self | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Biography | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1979 | Alien | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1990 | Total Recall | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1990 | Total Recall | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Final Terror | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Dead & Buried | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Night Shift | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Harvest | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Specimen | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Alone | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Containment | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | Freejack | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1992 | Freejack | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Above the Law | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Total Recall | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | Bleeders | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Dead & Buried | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2007 | Aliens vs Predator: Requiem | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Phobia | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2002 | Minority Report | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | Alien | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | King Kong Lives | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | King Kong Lives | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1990 | Total Recall | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1974 | W | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Prometheus | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | Alien Resurrection | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Aliens | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Alien: Ore | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | Freejack | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | King Kong Lives | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | Alien³ | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Alien: Earth | Other | Writing |
