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Ray Bradbury is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 22 august 1920 at Waukegan (USA)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury
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Birth name Ray Douglas Bradbury
Nationality USA
Birth 22 august 1920 at Waukegan (USA)
Death 5 june 2012 (at 91 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards National Medal of Arts

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into comic books, television shows and films.

Best films

King of Kings (1961)
(Scriptwriter)

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John Huston
John Huston
(1 films)
Royal Dano
Royal Dano
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Filmography of Ray Bradbury (21 films)

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Actor

How to Live Forever, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Suzanne Somers, Phyllis Diller, Ray Bradbury
Roles Self
Rating60% 3.0491653.0491653.0491653.0491653.049165
Filmmaker Mark Wexler is not going down without a fight. Overwhelmed by the loss of his mother and confronted by his own advancing age, Wexler embarks on a curious, lively, and sometimes troubling worldwide trek to investigate what it really means to live forever.
The Halloween Tree, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films
Actors Leonard Nimoy, Ray Bradbury, Alex Greenwald, Edan Gross, Andrew Keegan, Darlene Carr
Roles Narrator (Voice)
Rating76% 3.8376853.8376853.8376853.8376853.837685
The film opens to the voice of a narrator (Ray Bradbury) describing one small town's preparations for Halloween night. Four friends are shown at their respective homes donning costumes excitedly: Jenny as a witch, Ralph as a mummy; Wally as a monster; and finally Tom Skelton as a skeleton. They all hurry so as not be late meeting up with each other and the infamous Pip (described as their communal best friend and as a truly amazing person and friend which the narrator asserts by saying, "Some say that on the day he was born, all the soda pop bottles in the world fizzled over. Pipken, who could yell louder, sing better, and eat more popcorn. Pip, the greatest boy who ever lived"). Jenny, Wally, Ralph and Tom meet up, but Pip is absent. Believing it a trick, as Pip would never miss his favorite holiday, the four head to Pip's home on the edge of town.
Rich and Famous, 1h57
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Jacqueline Bisset, Steven Hill, George Cukor
Roles Literary Party Guest
Rating57% 2.899462.899462.899462.899462.89946
Two women find their friendship is tested when one rises from obscurity to success while the other stagnates in a stalled career. Liz Hamilton, a young woman with literary ambitions, and Merry Noel Blake, an all-American blond beauty from Atlanta, are close friends who met while they were freshmen at Smith College in the 1950s.

Scriptwriter

Fahrenheit 451, 1h41
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Dystopian films
Actors Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Khandi Alexander, Laura Harrier, Grace Lynn Kung
Roles Novel
Rating50% 2.5075652.5075652.5075652.5075652.507565
Dans un monde dystopique, le rôle des pompiers a bien changé : ils ne sont désormais plus chargés d’éteindre les incendies, mais plutôt de les allumer. Ainsi, ils doivent détruire par le feu tous les livres existants. Ils ont aussi pour mission de traquer les résistants qui cachent des ouvrages chez eux. L'un d'eux, Guy Montag, va alors se sentir attiré par la lecture...
A Sound of Thunder, 1h50
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Post-apocalyptic films, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Disaster films
Actors Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Heike Makatsch, David Oyelowo
Roles Author
Rating42% 2.1060752.1060752.1060752.1060752.106075
In 2055 Chicago, the Time Safari company offers the ability for people to hunt dinosaurs in the past via time travel technology. Because of the dangers of interferring with the time line, the company's activities are is vocally attacked by Sonia Rand, the developer of the time machine software TAMI, who feels scorned for not receiving credit and fears they may alter the past through their activities.
The Halloween Tree, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films
Actors Leonard Nimoy, Ray Bradbury, Alex Greenwald, Edan Gross, Andrew Keegan, Darlene Carr
Roles Book
Rating76% 3.8376853.8376853.8376853.8376853.837685
The film opens to the voice of a narrator (Ray Bradbury) describing one small town's preparations for Halloween night. Four friends are shown at their respective homes donning costumes excitedly: Jenny as a witch, Ralph as a mummy; Wally as a monster; and finally Tom Skelton as a skeleton. They all hurry so as not be late meeting up with each other and the infamous Pip (described as their communal best friend and as a truly amazing person and friend which the narrator asserts by saying, "Some say that on the day he was born, all the soda pop bottles in the world fizzled over. Pipken, who could yell louder, sing better, and eat more popcorn. Pip, the greatest boy who ever lived"). Jenny, Wally, Ralph and Tom meet up, but Pip is absent. Believing it a trick, as Pip would never miss his favorite holiday, the four head to Pip's home on the edge of town.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, 1h35
Directed by Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz, Masami Hata
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Circus films, Films about magic and magicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, René Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Bernard Erhard, Greg Burson
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5461853.5461853.5461853.5461853.546185
Set in 1905 (the year the Little Nemo comic strip premiered in the New York Herald), the film opens with the young boy Nemo experiencing a nightmare in which he is pursued by a locomotive. Upon awakening the next day, he goes to see a parade welcoming a traveling circus. However, Nemo is unable to see the circus because his father and his mother are too busy to take him. Later that night, Nemo imitates sleepwalking in an attempt to sneak some pie away, which acts against a promise he had made earlier to his mother. Upon falling asleep that night, Nemo is approached by figures from the parade. The circus organist introduces himself as Professor Genius and claims that they had been sent on a mission by King Morpheus, the king of a realm named Slumberland. The mission involves Nemo becoming the playmate of the princess, Camille. Although Nemo initially has reservations about interacting with royalty of the opposite gender, he decides to set off to fulfill his mission after being persuaded with a gift box of cookies from the princess.
Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1h35
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Circus films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films
Actors Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Ellen Geer, Richard Davalos
Roles Novel
Rating66% 3.3472353.3472353.3472353.3472353.347235
In Greentown, Illinois, a small town enjoying the innocence of an upcoming autumn as the days grow shorter, two young boys—reserved Will Halloway and somewhat rebellious Jim Nightshade—leave from an after-school detention for "whispering in class" and hurry off for home. When the boys hear about a strange traveling carnival, Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival, from a lightning-rod salesman, they decide to see what it is all about, but Will is fearful, as most carnivals end their tours after Labor Day. When the ominous Mr. Dark, the Illustrated Man, rides into town on a dark midnight, setting up his massive carnival in a matter of seconds, the boys are both thrilled and terrified. It seems to be just another carnival at first, but it is not long before the forces of darkness begin to manifest from the haunting melodies of the carousel—which can change your age depending on which way you ride it—and from the glaring Mirror Maze. With his collection of freaks and oddities, Dark intends to take control of the town and seize more innocent souls to damn. It will take all the wit and hope of the two boys to save their families and friends, with aid from an unlikely ally, Will's father, the town librarian, who understands more than anyone else that "something wicked this way comes.
The Screaming Woman, 1h13
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Robinson, Charles Knox Robinson III
Roles Short Story
Rating65% 3.295893.295893.295893.295893.29589
De Havilland plays Laura Wynant, a wealthy former mental patient who has travelled to her country estate to recuperate. While there, she discovers that a woman has been buried alive on her property. Wynant tries to inform others of what she has found but nobody believes her, and her family begins to suspect a relapse in her mental condition. Because her hands are nearly crippled by arthritis, she is not able to dig the woman up herself. She tries to trick a local boy into assisting her by telling him she is digging for a lost bracelet but is forced to tell him the truth, resulting in a confrontation with his angry father. While going door-to-door to seek help, she encounters the buried woman's husband, who had in fact buried her after striking her on the head with a shovel and thinking her dead. Wynant is confined to home under doctor's orders and, in a fit of anger, experiences a spontaneous recovery from the arthritis in her hands. She begins to dig up the buried woman, who is still alive, but the murderous husband finds her. The authorities arrive in time and Wynant and the buried woman are rescued.
The Illustrated Man, 1h43
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers
Roles Short Story
Rating57% 2.898392.898392.898392.898392.89839
Set in the backroads of America, the film enacts three of Bradbury's short stories set in the future, with Steiger as a man named Carl telling tales behind some of his tattoos. The stories are about virtual reality (The Veldt), a mysterious planet (The Long Rain) and the end of the world (The Last Night of the World). Carl, accompanied by his dog, tells his tales to a traveler. The tie-in prologue tells of how Carl came to be tattooed after he encountered a mysterious woman named Felicia (Claire Bloom) in a remote farmhouse.