Personal Info
Melissa Marie Mathison
Melissa Mathison
Writing
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 Banks's 1980 children's novel of the same name, and Kundun (1997), a biographical-drama film about the…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Spielberg
as Self
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
Refuge
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)