Melissa Marie Mathison (June 3, 1950 – November 4, 2015) was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement. She was best known for writing the screenplays for the films The Black Stallion (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the latter of which earned her the Saturn Award for Best Writing and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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Melissa Marie Mathison 20 June 1950 Los Angeles, California
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Died |
4 November 2015 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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