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Name
Stephen King
Full/Alt. names
John Swithen, Richard Bachman
Date of Birth
Sunday September 21 1947
Born
Portland (Maine)
Nationality
American
Partial Biography
With over 82 million copies of his books in print (as of 1991), over two dozen stories adapted for film, TV, and the stage (as of mid-1993) and several projects in the production pipeline at virtually…Full Stephen King Biography…

Partial Filmography

  • The Mist (2008) 15 (Contains strong language, violence and threat)from short story ("The Mist")
  • The Mist (2007) Writer
  • 1408 (2007) 15 (Contains strong sustained terrorisation and psychological horror.)Source Material (from short story: "1408")
  • Riding the Bullet (2004) (for violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and some nudity)Source Material (from novel: "Riding the Bullet")
  • Secret Window (2004) 12A (Contains moderate violence & horror, and one use of strong language)Source Material (from novella: "Secret Window, Secret Garden")
  • Dreamcatcher (2003) 15 (Contains strong language, violence and sexual references)Source Material (from novel: "Dreamcatcher")
  • Hearts In Atlantis (2002) 12A (for violence and thematic elements)Book as Source Material ("Hearts of Atlantis"), Source Material (Novel), from stories ("Low Men in Yellow Coats" "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling")
  • The Green Mile (2000) 18 (for violence, language and some sex-related material)Source Material (from novel) ("The Green Mile"), Source Material, Special Thanks
  • The Rage - Carrie 2 (1999) 15 (for strong graphic horror violence and gore, brief strong sexuality and language)based on characters from novel ("Carrie")
  • Apt Pupil (1999) 15 (for scenes of strong violence, language and brief sexuality)from novella ("Apt Pupil"), Source Material

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Awards

  1. National Book Award (2003) Honorary
  2. World Fantasy Award (1983) Short Story - "Do the Dead Sing?"
  3. British Fantasy Award (1983) Novel - "Cujo"
  4. Hugo Award (1983) Non-Fiction - "Danse Macabre"
  5. British Fantasy Award (1981)

 


Top matching news stories

  • 'It' is coming to the big screen

    01:50 pm, 2009-03-16 — MRIB

    Stephen King classic 'It' is being adapted for the big screen

  • "Stephen King's IT" coming to the big screen!

    09:00 am, 2009-03-15 — MyMovies.Net

    Hundreds of pounds in councillor's fees later and I'm still no nearer to reconciling my fears of clowns! Damn Stephen King and the 1990 ABC miniseries of his novel "IT" - famous for featuring a demented clown, some balloons and a sewer grate! Well, it seems that the therapy was all in vain as Warner Bros. are developing an "IT" feature, hiring Dave Kajganich to adapt Stephen King's novel, with Dan Lin and Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison producing.

  • "Dolan's Cadillac" gets into gear

    10:02 am, 2008-05-30 — MyMovies.Net

    As we await the release of "This Mist" here in the UK, work has begun on another Stephen King adaptation.

  • Abrams to adapt Stephen King series

    10:30 am, 2007-02-15 — MRIB

    Lost creator J.J. Abrams is in talks to adapt horror writer Stephen King's Dark Tower book series for the screen

  • Darabont to navigate Stephen King's "Mist"

    09:00 am, 2006-10-22 — MyMovies.Net

    Having scored a cult smash with one Stephen King novella - "The Shawshank Redemption" - director Frank Darabont is to bring another of the horror master's short stories to the big screen.

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