Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year.
In addition, to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Both Steel and Button, Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone.
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Films (60)
No Such Thing as a Vampire
2026 · Writer
L’homme qui rétrécit
2025 · Novel
De 6 à 8
2023 · Original Story
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · Writer
The Life After Death Project
2013 · Self
Real Steel
2011 · Short Story
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010 · Self
La boîte
2009 · Original Story
Je suis une légende
2007 · Novel
I am Omega
2007 · Novel
My Ambition
2006 · Short Story
La danse des morts
2005 · Short Story
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Self
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000 · Self
Stir of Echoes
1999 · Novel
What Dreams May Come
1998 · Novel
Trilogy of Terror II
1996 · Screenplay, Short Story
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Teleplay
The Dreamer of Oz
1990 · Story, Screenplay
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990 · Writer
Loose Cannons
1990 · Writer
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Screenplay
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Screenplay, Story
Prey
1983 · Short Story
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Novel
Somewhere in Time
1980 · Astonished Man [1912], Novel, Screenplay
Dead of Night
1977 · Writer, Original Story
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977 · Writer, Associate Producer
Trilogy of Terror
1975 · Screenplay, Story
Le Parrain, 2e partie
1974 · Senator #3 (uncredited)
The Stranger Within
1974 · Short Story, Teleplay
Icy Breasts
1974 · Novel
Dracula
1974 · Writer
The Morning After
1974 · Teleplay
Scream of the Wolf
1974 · Teleplay
Dying Room Only
1973 · Teleplay, Short Story
The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Novel, Screenplay
The Night Strangler
1973 · Writer
The Night Stalker
1972 · Teleplay
Duel
1971 · Screenplay, Story
The Omega Man
1971 · Novel
Cold Sweat
1970 · Novel
De Sade
1969 · Screenplay
The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Screenplay
The Young Warriors
1967 · Writer
Soy leyenda
1967 · Novel
Fanatic
1965 · Screenplay
The Last Man on Earth
1964 · Novel, Screenplay
The Comedy of Terrors
1964 · Screenplay, Novel, Associate Producer
The Raven
1963 · Screenplay
Tales of Terror
1962 · Screenplay
Night of the Eagle
1962 · Writer
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961 · Screenplay
Master of the World
1961 · Screenplay
House of Usher
1960 · Writer
The Beat Generation
1959 · Writer
Now Is Tomorrow
1958 · Writer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Novel, Screenplay
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
I Am Legend 2
· Characters
Séries (19)
Les maîtres de l'horreur
2005 · Writer
Les Griffin
1999 · Short Story
The Outer Limits
1995 · Writer
Amazing Stories
1985 · Writer
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Writer
The Martian Chronicles
1980 · Writer
Ghost Story
1972 · Writer, Creator
Night Gallery
1970 · Writer
Late Night Horror
1968 · Short Story
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Writer
Star Trek
1966 · Writer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Writer
Combat!
1962 · Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Writer, Novel
Thriller
1960 · Writer
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Writer
Lawman
1958 · Writer
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Writer
Cheyenne
1955 · Writer