Melissa Mathison

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Melissa Mathison
Birth name:	Melissa Marie Mathison
Aliases:	Josh Rogan
Gender:	Female
Medium(s):	Film
Roles:	Writer; Associate producer
Born:	June 3rd, 1950
Birthplace:	Los Angeles, California
1st Sci-Fi:	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Melissa Marie Mathison is a film screenwriter and associate producer born in Los Angeles, California on June 3rd, 1950. She wrote the script and served as associate producer on the 1982 sci-fi family classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. She also wrote the "Kick the Can" vignette featured in 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie. She was credited under the name Josh Rogan in this film.

Body of work

Film

Film	Year	Role
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	Writer; Associate producer
Twilight Zone: The Movie	1983	Co-writer

Television

Series	Episode	Role

Other works

• In [[1974], Melissa served as a location assistant for Francis Ford Coppola during production of The Godfather Part II.

• Melissa's first credited work as a screenwriter is the 1979 film The Black Stallion.

External Links

• Melissa Mathison at IMDB