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Melissa Mathison
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 65
Also known asMelissa Marie MathisonGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn03/06/1950Born inLos Angeles, California, USADied04/11/2015 (aged 65)Died inLos AngelesCausecancerWikidataQ435696 ↗TMDb#9964 ↗

Melissa Marie Mathison was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement. She wrote 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.

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Filmography7 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2017SpielbergMovieSelf67
2012The 'E.T.' JournalsMovieSelf62
2006RefugeMovieSelf56
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialMovieSelf52
1998In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin ScorseseMovieSelf48
1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'MovieSelf46
1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialMovieElliot's School Nurse (uncredited)32