---
name: "Ronald Shusett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-shusett"
fi1m_id: "ronald-shusett"
imdb_id: "nm0795953"
tmdb_id: 5046
wikidata_id: "Q3056094"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 June 1935"
died: "29 August 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-19T15:58:08.649902+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ronald Shusett

## Identity

Ronald Shusett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronald-shusett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronald-shusett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0795953
- **TMDB ID:** 5046
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3056094
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Shusett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3056094, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5046

Writer and producer. Born 1 June 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 29 August 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 June 1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 29 August 2024
- **Active:** 1979–2025
- **Also known as:** Ron Shusett
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (1), 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 69 (3), 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 58 (2), 2020s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 8, Horror 6, Action 4, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,866m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Shusett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3056094, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5046

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Total Recall*](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ronald Shusett was an American screenwriter and film producer. He shared story credit with Dan O'Bannon on *Alien* (1979) and received screenplay and producer credits on *Total Recall* (1990).

Shusett was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Los Angeles. He optioned the Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" in 1974, which formed the basis for *Total Recall*. He contributed story or characters to several later entries in the *Alien* franchise, including *Alien vs. Predator* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Wrote (9) — the average rests on these

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), Fi1m 76, Other — [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Fi1m 70, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Alien³* (1992), Fi1m 62, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Producer, Screenstory, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Minority Report* (2002), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), series, as Other — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Characters — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)
- *Alien: Specimen* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Ore* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Containment* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Harvest* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Alone* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Night Shift* (2019), Characters
- *Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series* (2019), series, Characters
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Characters — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Total Recall* (2012), Screenstory
- *Prometheus* (2012), Characters — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Aliens vs Predator: Requiem* (2007), Characters
- *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004), Screenstory, Characters
- *Minority Report* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Characters — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Bleeders* (1997), Writer
- *Alien³* (1992), Characters — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Freejack* (1992), Screenplay, Producer, Screenstory
- *Total Recall* (1990), Screenplay, Producer, Screenstory — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Above the Law* (1988), Screenplay
- *King Kong Lives* (1986), Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Aliens* (1986), Characters — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *The Final Terror* (1983), Screenplay
- *Dead & Buried* (1981), Screenplay, Producer
- *Phobia* (1980), Story
- *Alien* (1979), Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *W* (1974), Story
- *Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel*, Characters

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Hugo Awards 1987: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Aliens*
- Hugo Awards 1980: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Aliens*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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