---
name: "S.S. Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/s-s-wilson"
fi1m_id: "s-s-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm0934093"
tmdb_id: 26479
wikidata_id: "Q1101357"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:06:10.890132+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."
---

# S.S. Wilson

## Identity

S.S. Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/s-s-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** s-s-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0934093
- **TMDB ID:** 26479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1101357
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._S._Wilson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26479

Writer. Born 1 January 1948 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, United States
- **Active:** 1987–1999
- **Also known as:** S. S. Wilson , SS Wilson
- **Frequently works with:** [Brent Maddock](https://film.one/person/brent-maddock.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 63 (1), 1990s 58 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $336m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._S._Wilson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26479

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Tremors*](https://film.one/film/tremors.md) (82)
- **Hulu:** [*Wild Wild West*](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md) (34)

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

## Biography

S. S. Wilson is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for his long collaboration with writing partner Brent Maddock, including the screenplay and story for *Tremors* (1990), on which he also served as producer and second-unit director.

Wilson studied film at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Southern California. Early credits include screenplays for *Short Circuit* (1986), ***batteries not included* (1987) and *Short Circuit 2* (1988). He later wrote the screenplay for *Wild Wild West* (1999) and directed *Tremors 2: Aftershocks* (1996) and *Tremors 4: The Legend Begins* (2004).

Wilson is a founding partner of Stampede Entertainment, the company behind much of the *Tremors* franchise, including the 2003 television series that he developed with Maddock.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, stampede-entertainment.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Tremors* (1990), Fi1m 82, Story, Screenplay, Producer, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- **batteries not included* (1987), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/batteries-not-included.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Tremors: Shrieker Island* (2020), Characters
- *Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell* (2018), Characters
- *Tremors* (2018), series, Characters
- *Tremors 4: The Legend Begins* (2004), Executive Producer, Director, Characters
- *Tremors* (2003), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Characters, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Tremors 3: Back to Perfection* (2001), Story, Executive Producer
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Screenplay — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Tremors 2: Aftershocks* (1996), as War Documentary Narrator (uncredited) · Writer, Characters, Director
- *Heart and Souls* (1993), Screenplay, Screenstory
- *Ghost Dad* (1990), Screenplay
- *Tremors* (1990), Screenplay, Producer, Second Unit Director, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- *Short Circuit 2* (1988), Screenplay
- **batteries not included* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/batteries-not-included.md)
- *Short Circuit* (1986), Scenario Writer
- *Frog and Toad Are Friends* (1985), Animation
- *Library Report* (1983), Writer, Animation
- *Deer in the Works* (1980), Adaptation
- *Recorded Live* (1975), Director, Writer
- *Dictionary: The Adventure of Words* (1968), Animation, Cinematography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1999: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (won), for *Wild Wild West*

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

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