Richard Christian Matheson

For the writer of "I Am Legend", "Hell House", and "What Dreams May Come", see Richard Matheson.

Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of the short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks and Dystopia; the novel Created By; the magic-realism novella "The Ritual of Illusion," and was the editor of the commemorative book "BATTLEGROUND." He co-wrote the screenplays for "Three O'Clock High," "Full Eclipse," "Loose Cannons," "Paradise," "It Waits" and others. He adapted Dean Koontz's "Soul Survivor" as a 4-Hour mini series, three Masters of Horror episodes, Stephen King's "BIG DRIVER" and wrote the film "Happy Face Killer." He wrote for Amazing Stories, the miniseries "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" and has been an executive story editor, executive story consultant, producer and Executive Producer for network television series. He is also the Co-Executive Producer of the films "CUB," "IT WAITS," "PARADISE," "FULL ECLIPSE" and "BIG DRIVER"

Personal life

His father was fiction writer and screenwriter Richard Matheson and his paternal grandparents are from Norway.

Selected Filmography

• Three's Company (1978) (TV)
• The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979) (TV)
• The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979) (TV)
• Stone (1980) (TV)
• Enos (1980) (TV)
• B.J. and the Bear (1981) (TV)
• The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) (TV)
• Knight Rider (1982) (TV)
• The A-Team (1983–1986) (TV)
• Hardcastle and McCormick (1984–1985) (TV)
• Stingray" (1985) (TV)
• Stir Crazy (1986) (TV)
• Hunter (1985) (TV)
• Amazing Stories (1986–1987) (TV)
• Three O'Clock High (with Thomas E. Szollosi) (1987)
• It Takes Two (with Thomas E. Szollosi) (1988)
• Loose Cannons (with Richard Matheson and Bob Clark) (1990)
• Tales from the Crypt (1991) (TV)
• The Torkelsons (1992) (TV)
• Full Eclipse (with Michael Reaves) (1993) (TV)
• Sole Survivor (2000)
• Paradise (Co-writer/creator/Executive Producer w/ Norman Steinberg) (2004) (TV)
• Masters of Horror (2005–2006) (TV)
• Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) (TV)
• Chemistry (Co-writer/creator/Executive Producer with Norman Steinberg)(2011) (TV)
• Happy Face Killer (2014) (TV)
• Voices of Midway (2014)
• BIG DRIVER (2014) (Writer/Co-Executive Producer)
• CUB (2014) (Co-Executive Producer)

See also

• List of horror fiction authors
• splatterpunk

External links

• richardchristianmatheson.com
• rcmatheson.com
• Richard Christian Matheson at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Christian Matheson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database