Ronald Shusett

Writer, Producer, Script and Continuity Department

Birthdate: Jun 28, 1935

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: Aug 29, 2024

Ronald Shusett was born to David and Fanny Shusett in June 1935. His younger brother Gary (1941 - 2013) founded the Sherwood Oaks Film School. When Ronald was three the family moved from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles where he grew up. He attended UCLA for two years and in the mid-1960s began producing stage plays. Over the next few years he wrote several stories for publication, including the ideas for screenplays and in 1974 he met Dan O' Bannon, with whom he would write 'Alien' and 'Total Recall', subsequently contributing to other films largely in the horror genre.

Ronald Shusett Movies

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2024 |
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus
2024
1h 59m
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
7.1
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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2017 |
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant
2017
2h 2m
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
6.4
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
2012 |
Prometheus
Prometheus
2012
2h 4m
Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
7
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
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2007 |
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem
2007
TV-14
1h 34m
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
4.6
Warring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
2004 |
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
1h 41m
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
5.7
During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
1997 |
Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection
1997
1h 49m
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
6.2
Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
1992 |
Alien³
Alien³
1992
1h 54m
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
6.4
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
1979 |
Alien
Alien
1979
1h 57m
Horror, Sci-Fi
8.5
After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

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2019 |
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
Other
1h 35m
Biography, Documentary, History
6.8
An in-depth voyage into the sci-fi film Alien (1979) with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time came to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.
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asSelf - Executive Producer & Writer, Alien
1997 |
Bleeders
1992 |
Freejack
1988 |
Above the Law
1986 |
King Kong Lives
1983 |
The Final Terror
1981 |
Dead & Buried
1974 |
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2012 |
Total Recall
Total Recall
2012
Other
1h 58m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
6.2
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
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