Harlan Ellison
- Writing
- May 27, 1934 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- June 28, 2018
Biography
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", considered by some to be the greatest episode of Star Trek ever(he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle (which was made into a film), and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars.
Known for
Filmography
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania · Thanks
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek · Self
- Love, Death & Robots · Short Story
- Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams · Self
- Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike · Self
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated · Self
- Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man · Self
- Dreams with Sharp Teeth · Self
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore · Self
- Masters of Science Fiction · Writer
- 40 Years of Star Trek · Self
- Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman · Self
- Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy · Self
- Impressions of Dune · Self
- Silver Surfer · Story
- The Hunger · Writer, Story
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
- The Outer Limits · Short Story
- Phantom 2040
- Babylon 5 · Sparky the Computer (Voice), Psi Cop
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs · Story
- The Overstreet World of Comic Books · Self
- The Simpsons · Harlan Ellison (Voice)
- Prisoners of Gravity · Self
- The Masters of Comic Book Art · Self
- The Twilight Zone · Writer, Creative Consultant
- The Terminator · Thanks
- Tales from the Darkside · Writer
- De droomproducenten · Self
- Television: The Enchanted Mirror · Self
- The Starlost: The Beginning · Writer
- The Starlost: Deception · Writer
- Since '45 · Self
- A Boy and His Dog · Novel
- The Starlost · Writer, Creator
- Ghost Story · Story
- The Godson · Guy with Barbara and Brunette (uncredited)
- Star Trek · Writer
- The Oscar · Screenplay
- Tales to Keep You Awake · Writer
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Writer, Story
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · Writer
- Burke's Law · Writer
- The Outer Limits · Writer
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · Writer
- Television: The Ultimate Drug · Self / Author