Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American
writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer
and screenwriter Richard Matheson. He is the author of over 100 short
stories of psychological horror and magic realism which are gathered
in over 150 major anthologies and in his critically hailed hardcover
short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks, Amazon
#1 bestseller Dystopia and Zoopraxis. He is the author of the suspense
novel Created By and Hollywood novella of magic realism The Ritual of
Illusion, and was the editor of the commemorative book Stephen King's
Battleground Matheson also adapted the short story which was made into
an iconic episode of the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes and won
two Emmys.He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Three O'Clock High,
Full Eclipse, It Takes Two, Loose Cannons Shifter, Midvale The Nature
of Evil (co-written with his father Richard Matheson), Paradise, It
Waits, Happy Face Killer, Voices of Midway, "≤Red Sleep", "Hooky",
Dean Koontz's Soul Survivor as a 4-hour mini series, three Masters of
Horror episodes, Stephen King's Big Driver, and Nightmare Cinema. He
wrote for the magazines Amazing Stories and Tales From The Crypt among
the others, and he is the author of the miniseries Nightmares &
Dreamscapes and adapted as four-hour miniseries HG Well's The Time
Machine, Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber and Whitley
Strieber's Majestic. Matheson also wrote comedy and drama pilots for
major studios and networks. He co-created, co-executive produced and
co-wrote all thirteen episodes of the Cinemax series Chemistry. He has
been executive story consultant, supervising 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.
writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer
and screenwriter Richard Matheson. He is the author of over 100 short
stories of psychological horror and magic realism which are gathered
in over 150 major anthologies and in his critically hailed hardcover
short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks, Amazon
#1 bestseller Dystopia and Zoopraxis. He is the author of the suspense
novel Created By and Hollywood novella of magic realism The Ritual of
Illusion, and was the editor of the commemorative book Stephen King's
Battleground Matheson also adapted the short story which was made into
an iconic episode of the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes and won
two Emmys.He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Three O'Clock High,
Full Eclipse, It Takes Two, Loose Cannons Shifter, Midvale The Nature
of Evil (co-written with his father Richard Matheson), Paradise, It
Waits, Happy Face Killer, Voices of Midway, "≤Red Sleep", "Hooky",
Dean Koontz's Soul Survivor as a 4-hour mini series, three Masters of
Horror episodes, Stephen King's Big Driver, and Nightmare Cinema. He
wrote for the magazines Amazing Stories and Tales From The Crypt among
the others, and he is the author of the miniseries Nightmares &
Dreamscapes and adapted as four-hour miniseries HG Well's The Time
Machine, Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber and Whitley
Strieber's Majestic. Matheson also wrote comedy and drama pilots for
major studios and networks. He co-created, co-executive produced and
co-wrote all thirteen episodes of the Cinemax series Chemistry. He has
been executive story consultant, supervising 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.
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