Richard Matheson

★ Writing #420

1926 - 2013 (age 87) • Writing

Born: 2/20/1926 in Allendale, New Jersey, USA

Died: 6/23/2013 (age 87)

Known for: Writing

Richard Matheson

★ Writing #420

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

Known For

I Am Legend

72%

Novel

2007

Real Steel

71%

Short Story

2011

Family Guy

74%

Short Story

1999

What Dreams May Come

72%

Novel

1998

Duel

74%

Screenplay

1971

The Box

56%

Original Story

2009

Star Trek

80%

Writer

1966

Jaws 3-D

45%

Screenplay

1983

No Such Thing as a Vampire

Writer

2026

The Shrinking Man

60%

Novel

2025

De 6 à 8

Original Story

2023

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

100%

Writer

2019

The Life After Death Project

60%

Self

2013

Real Steel

71%

Short Story

2011

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

20%

Self

2010

The Box

56%

Original Story

2009

I Am Legend

72%

Novel

2007

I Am Omega

36%

Novel

2007

My Ambition

Short Story

2006

Dance of the Dead

55%

Short Story

2005

Masters of Horror

71%

Writer

2005

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

93%

Self

2005

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

80%

Self

2000

Stir of Echoes

67%

Novel

1999

Family Guy

74%

Short Story

1999

What Dreams May Come

72%

Novel

1998

Trilogy of Terror II

52%

Screenplay

1996

Trilogy of Terror II

52%

Short Story

1996

The Outer Limits

77%

Writer

1995

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

68%

Teleplay

1994

The Dreamer of Oz

76%

Story

1990

The Dreamer of Oz

76%

Screenplay

1990

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Writer

1990

Loose Cannons

50%

Writer

1990

Amazing Stories

75%

Writer

1985

The Twilight Zone

77%

Writer

1985