Ray Bradbury

All Summer in a Day

The sun on Venus comes out once every seven years. Children are waiting for the moment when they can see the sun for the first time consciously. They sing songs about the sun and dream about it. Envy makes Max lock Margo in the closet.

Release Date:2023-09-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Fahrenheit 451

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Release Date:2018-05-12

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:867

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.

Release Date:2010-03-23

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:11

Chrysalis

As our world suffers the ravages of humankind, scientists look for ways to sustain life. When one of them falls ill and a chrysalis forms around him, a tug of war ensues about the future of the stricken scientist.

Release Date:2008-10-03

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:5

A Sound of Thunder

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

Release Date:2005-05-15

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Vote Count:393

Invisible Boy

After the departure of his parents, Charlie gets to a relative who behaves strangely: prepares potions, conjures.

Release Date:1999-03-01

Department:Writing

Job:Author

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.

Release Date:1998-01-23

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:11

It Came from Outer Space II

Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.

Release Date:1995-12-31

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:8

The Halloween Tree

Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

Release Date:1993-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Character:Narrator (voice)

Vote Count:38

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that's there to protect the time line: Never get off the beaten path.

Release Date:1989-08-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.

Release Date:1989-07-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:163

Here There Be Tygers

Set in the future, a rocket ship from Earth travels to a far universe and touches down on an unknown planet with a mission to exploit its natural resources. However, this is planet is like no other, it seems to be alive.

Release Date:1989-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:9

The Thirteenth Apostle

Russian adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles"

Release Date:1988-06-02

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:5

This Fantastic World 13

The consequences of a nuclear war are destruction, hunger. The surviving people have even lost the memory of their former civilization. At the center of the play is the Old Man, the only person who remembers the past, because without the past humanity cannot have a future...

Release Date:1987-12-19

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

The Veldt

Adaptation of three short stories by Ray Bradbury. An atmosphere of hostility forms inside an unnamed city, and the citizens are unsettled by the materialization of ghosts and the memories of their loved ones.

Release Date:1987-06-10

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:14

Walking on Air

A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.

Release Date:1987-01-17

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Electronic Granny

Agata is badly ill and nobody knows how to cure her. No doctor can help. Friends of Agata learn, that she is ill, because all children have Grannies but Agata does not. They go to the shop "Electronic Granny" and beg the dealer to sell them one Electronic Granny. The dealer warns them, that her electronic circuits are very sensitive - and this Granny will only work if loved. Agata get healthy and plays with her new Granny and other friends. Granny can invite new games and even fly with all children to the Moon. But later due to the jealousy and bad heabits children forget that they must love Granny, they begin to treat her just as a robot that "must do what they ask". As a result Granny dies. To resurect her Agata and friends must get off their ambitions, rudeness, jealousy and again become loving, cheerful and kind.

Release Date:1985-01-31

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

This Fantastic World 11

Air Force Colonel and former astronaut Greg Darwin is visited by his old friend, Johnny. After talking, Greg reveals to Johnny a secret from his past. While serving in space intelligence, Darwin, along with another astronaut, Dick, was sent on a secret mission to a planet that had suffered a devastating nuclear war. On orders from the command, Greg and Dick were to find the remaining weapons on a depopulated planet, the analogues of which did not yet exist on Earth...

Release Date:1985-01-04

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

This Fantastic World 10

...People living in the future have comfortable cars, obedient robots, beautiful houses. There are only books missing in these houses. Books are declared enemies, subject to extermination...

Release Date:1984-12-08

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

There Will Come Soft Rains

In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the fates of its occupants.

Release Date:1984-11-01

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:31

Quest

On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will he accomplish this in the short time left to him?

Release Date:1984-10-01

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:19

This Fantastic World 8

Fragments of the stories were dramatized: R. Bradbury “I Sing About the Mechanical Body” (about the work of an electronic grandmother who, having human qualities, gives tenderness to children deprived of maternal affection) and I. Varshavsky “There are no alarming symptoms” about Professor Clarence, who agrees to an operation that deprives him of human emotions.

Release Date:1984-04-02

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

Savannen

A couple have installed a new high tech television system in their children's room and become more and more vary of it.

Release Date:1983-11-16

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Something Wicked This Way Comes

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

Release Date:1983-04-29

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:185

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

Release Date:1982-02-09

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Character:Ralph as a Man (voice)

The Electric Grandmother

To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.

Release Date:1982-01-17

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Vote Count:8

All Summer in a Day

Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of suffering and forgiveness. A classroom full of young children are excited to hear that today the rain will stop. However, they are also resentful of a new classmate from Earth who remembers what it's like to see the sun. "This gripping, unsettling production softens the original story’s abrupt conclusion without diminishing its punch. A masterful work." - Booklist. Winner of a CINE Golden Eagle, and honored by Instructor Magazine as one of the 25 Best Films of the Year.

Release Date:1982-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:11

This Fantastic World 5

In this series of the popular television almanac, the works “On Eternal Wanderings and About the Earth” by Ray Bradbury and “The Choice” by Kir Bulychev were filmed.

Release Date:1981-06-21

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:1

The Monarch Butterfly

A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genetic code, as a result of which he passes into another biological substance and becomes immeasurably more perfect than his fellows on Earth.

Release Date:1980-05-12

Department:Writing

Job:Author

The Veldt

The Hadley's new house does everything for them - it cooks, does the housework, reads to them, even comforts them. The playroom brings the Hadley children's fantasies to life in full color, three dimensions and odorphonics. However, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are increasingly terrified by the images and sounds of the the African Veldt.

Release Date:1979-10-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Mirrors

A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who seem to want her for some nefarious purpose. When people around her start dying, she realizes she is not dreaming.

Release Date:1978-02-01

Department:Crew

Job:Creative Consultant

Vote Count:6

Night Caller

One hundred years after the third world war has occurred there are only two groups of people left: The savages whose minds have been destroyed by damaged genes passed on for a century and the intellectuals who totally live in their minds. However, survivor Nathan is an odd blend of the two opposing factions. Nathan takes revenge on the savages after they slaughter all the intellectuals. While in the middle of exacting his revenge Nathan receives a call from the long unused telephone lines from a mysterious female "night caller" who begs Nathan for help. Nathan must race against time to find the only remaining female member of his species before it's too late.

Release Date:1973-01-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Screaming Woman

A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.

Release Date:1972-01-29

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:16

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.

Release Date:1972-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:2

Dandelion Wine

Short adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine.

Release Date:1971-06-05

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Smile

The year 2061... The world after the atomic disaster. People are afraid of civilization, which, in their opinion, will surely lead to an atomic explosion again. So they destroy the last car, the last plane, burn the last book. They prepare to destroy the last scenic masterpiece. And only teenage Tom can't desecrate Leonardo da Vinci's beautiful creation. The crowd tears the painting apart, and the boy carries away in his fist a scrap of ruined canvas. In his hole, he gingerly unclenches his fingers - the smile of Gioconda shines in the palm of his hand. The boy sleeps, curled up like an embryo in the white space of the frame, and with him faith is born again.

Release Date:1971-03-24

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Science Fiction Is Us

A comparison of science fiction and real life.

Release Date:1970-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Picasso Summer

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

Release Date:1969-08-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:4

The Illustrated Man

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the illustrated man meets a fellow tramp on the road a strange voyage begins.

Release Date:1969-03-26

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:66

Melodrama infernal

Release Date:1969-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Fahrenheit 451

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

Release Date:1966-09-07

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:988

Icarus Montgolfier Wright

The film focuses on the thoughts inside the head of a man, an astronaut scheduled to go to the Moon. As he ponders the flight, he laments having an “ordinary” name he fears will not resonate throughout history. His thoughts lead him to consider some of the pioneers of flight-Icarus and his wings, the Montgolfier brothers and their balloon and the Wright brothers and heavier than air flight.

Release Date:1962-08-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

Moby Dick

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

Release Date:1956-06-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:420

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

Release Date:1953-06-13

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:188

ECU

Thriller told only through extreme close up shots.

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

The Halloween Tree

Follows Tom and his schoolmates who begin to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. Their friend Pip is abducted by a powerful demon from the Land of the Dead. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure named Moundshroud, Tom and his pals must journey into the Land of the Dead to save their friend.

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

It Came from Outer Space

Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

Release Date:1953-06-05

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:216

The Paradox Man

An adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1984 science-fiction story "The Toynbee Convector," about a reporter sent to interview a 130-year-old man who claims to be a time-traveler.

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.

Release Date:2012-09-29

Character:Self

Vote Count:37

How to Live Forever

Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Kurzweil, a laughter yoga expert, or an elder porn star? Wexler explores the viewpoints of delightfully unusual characters alongside those of health, fitness and life-extension experts in this engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, How To Live Forever evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning.

Release Date:2011-05-13

Character:Self

Vote Count:4

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of the most memorable Twilight Zone episodes before his untimely death at age 38.

Release Date:2010-03-27

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.

Release Date:2007-05-16

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

A documentary about the life and faith of C.S. Lewis and his inspiration for the Chronicles of Narnia, only available on the 4-disc extended edition DVD of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Release Date:2006-12-12

Character:Self

Vote Count:4

The Sci-Fi Boys

Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination. This is the story of the Sci-Fi Boys, who started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by Forrest J Ackerman's FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine and grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream.

Release Date:2006-04-27

Character:Self

Vote Count:12

Dennis Miller

Release Date:2004-01-26

Episode Count:1

Hollywood Legenden

Documentary about Hollywood.

Release Date:2004-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

With his magazine Hugh Hefner changed the face of publishing, combining titillation with hard-edged reporting and serving up nudity with taste. His swinging bachelor ways also made him an icon for the straight males for whom his publication was tailor-made. Join Richard Kiley in this documentary about the quintessential ladies' man. Includes footage, photos and interviews with Camille Paglia, Mel Torme, Tony Curtis and more.

Release Date:2003-11-18

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451'

The making of the classic science-fiction film Fahrenheit 451, and includes interviews with cast and crew members, behind-the-scenes photos, and information about the production process.

Release Date:2003-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Tramp and the Dictator

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.

Release Date:2002-02-14

Character:Self (uncredited)

Vote Count:21

Besuch bei Ray Bradbury

Documentary about Ray Bradbury

Release Date:2001-01-01

Character:Self

The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect

A documentary on The Fly

Release Date:2000-12-05

Character:Self

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.

Release Date:2000-10-24

Character:Self

Vote Count:11

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.

Release Date:1998-12-22

Character:Himself

Dandelion Wine

Release Date:1998-11-28

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:4

Universal Horror

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

Release Date:1998-10-08

Character:Self - Interviewee

Vote Count:18

The Harryhausen Chronicles

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending sci-fi. But his true genius lay in the creation of special effects for movies such as Mighty Joe Young and It Came from Outer Space. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and featuring appearances by George Lucas and Ray Bradbury, this film documents Harryhausen's remarkable life's work.

Release Date:1997-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:10

Corwin

Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Laughton, Danny Kaye, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland.

Release Date:1996-06-14

Character:Self

A Century of Science Fiction

American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

Release Date:1996-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:4

In Search of Oz

BBC 2 produced this documentary on the Oz books of L. Frank Baum and the films and fantasies that they inspired, particularly the first book `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Includes clips from the several silent film versions of the stories produced by Baum that have survived as well as the 1939 film with Judy Garland, and interviews with such enthusiasts as Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, Ray Bradbury, Geoffrey Ryman and Nora Ephron.

Release Date:1994-06-16

Character:Self

The Man in the Air

The eternal tragic conflict of a genius and a tyrant in power. The heroes of the film are the inventor of the aircraft and the Chinese emperor, who ordered his execution. The emperor was afraid of the possibility of using the aircraft for military purposes and ordered the courtiers to keep this secret.

Release Date:1993-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Hooray for Horrorwood

Forrest J. Ackerman styles himself as the number-one fan of science fiction and horror movies, and he has the collection to back it up: more than 350,000 books, publicity stills, lobby cards, props, posters and paintings related to his obsession.

Release Date:1991-11-15

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Stan Freberg Commercials

Collection of commercials on VHS tape included with the CD box set, "The Tip of the Freberg." Also includes a video for the single "The Conspiraski Theory."

Release Date:1990-01-01

Character:Himself

Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books — and its relation to various thematic and social issues. Produced by TVOntario, the show was the brainchild of former comic retail manager Mark Askwith and writer Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green. The series aired 139 episodes over 5 seasons from 1989 to 1994.

Release Date:1989-08-21

Character:Self

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:6

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.

Release Date:1986-07-31

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Release Date:1985-09-29

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:50

The Twilight Zone

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

Release Date:1985-09-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:219

The Ray Bradbury Theater

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

Release Date:1985-05-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self - Introduction

Episode Count:53

Vote Count:35

The Whimsical World of Oz

A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.

Release Date:1985-01-01

Character:Self

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Release Date:1983-01-01

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

Rich and Famous

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

Release Date:1981-09-23

Character:Literary Party Guest

Vote Count:35

The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

Release Date:1980-01-15

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:41

Infinite Horizons: Space Beyond Apollo

For fans of science, both fact and fiction, this special provides a fascinating look into the future of space travel with topics ranging from lunar colonies to intergalactic travel. Hosted by acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury with an appearance from Isaac Asimov, the program presents a look at both the future of space exploration and what the U.S. of late seventies thought about that future.

Release Date:1979-07-19

Character:Himself

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Release Date:1979-05-07

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Late Night Story

Late night bedtime stories. Tom Baker reads a series of macabre stories about childhood (season 1), and John Mills reads war stories (season 2).

Release Date:1978-12-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Apostrophes

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Release Date:1975-01-10

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Marvellous Suit

About the students of the vocational technical school, who buy one suit together. The film assures us that man himself should be kind and innocent by nature, that no jewels and expensive clothes can ennoble the intolerant and indifferent.

Release Date:1973-08-31

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Le Grand Échiquier

Release Date:1972-01-12

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

La sonrisa

Release Date:1966-06-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

La espera

Release Date:1966-05-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

El cohete

Release Date:1966-04-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Tales to Keep You Awake

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

Release Date:1966-02-04

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:13

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

Release Date:1962-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:67

Alcoa Premiere

Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, directed by Norman Lloyd and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

Release Date:1961-10-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

The Twilight Zone

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Release Date:1959-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:914

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Release Date:1955-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:224

Assignment America

A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist George Will and populist chronicler Studs Terkel. Each program featured one of the four in a 30-minute film or videotape report on someone who contributed to the ideas and issues of America.

Episode Count:1