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AKA: Richard Bachman, John Swithen
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/21/1947
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA

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 any given time, King is a virtual one-man entertainment industry. Though he has written in a wide variety of genres, King's name has become synonymous with horror. So prolific that he has his own Book-of-the-Month Club, King has also penned screenplays and teleplays. He has also acted in several films (most notably, a funny extended cameo in George A. Romero's "Knightriders" 1981 and a memorable Continued

Credits

The Mist
from short story
2007
The Dead Zone
(TV Show)
2002-2007
Denouement
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Ambush
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Exile
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Drift
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Transgressions
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Outcome
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Numb
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Switch
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Interred
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Big Top
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Re-Entry
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Ego
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
Heritage
Based on Characters from the Novel
2007
The Hunting Party
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Into the Heart of Darkness
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Revelations
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Vortex
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Symmetry
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Lotto Fever
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
The Inside Man
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Articles of Faith
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Panic
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Independence Day
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
Forbidden Fruit
Based on Characters from the Novel
2006
A Very Dead Zone Christmas
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Saved
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Coming Home
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Babble On
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Vanguard
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Grains of Sand
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
The Last Goodbye
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Heroes & Demons
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Still Life
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Double Vision
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
The Collector
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Broken Circle
Based on Characters from the Novel
2005
Tipping Point
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Shadows
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Instinct
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Cycle of Violence
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Speak Now
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Looking Glass
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
No Questions Asked
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Total Awareness
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Cold Hard Truth
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Collision
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Finding Rachel (Part 2)
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Finding Rachel (Part 1)
Based on Characters from the Novel
2004
Visions
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
The Combination
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
The Mountain
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
The Hunt
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Deja Voodoo
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Plague
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
The Storm
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Zion
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Playing God
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Dead Men Tell Tales
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
The Man Who Never Was
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Cabin Pressure
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Misbegotten
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Scars
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Outsider
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Precipitate
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Ascent (Part 2)
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Valley of the Shadow
Based on Characters from the Novel
2003
Destiny
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Shaman
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Dinner With Dana
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Here There Be Monsters
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
The Siege
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Netherworld
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Enemy Mind
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
The House
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Unreasonable Doubt
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Enigma
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Quality of Life
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
What It Seems
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Wheel of Fortune
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
Descent (Part 1)
Based on Characters from the Novel
2002
+(75 More)
1408
Source Material
2007
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
(TV Show)
2006-2006
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
Source Material
2006
Autopsy Room Four
Source Material
2006
The Road Virus Heads North
Source Material
2006
The Fifth Quarter
Source Material
2006
Umney's Last Case
Source Material
2006
The End of the Whole Mess
Source Material
2006
Crouch End
Source Material
2006
Battleground
Source Material
2006
+(3 More)
Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
Source Material
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Butterfingers
Teleplay
2004
Butterfingers
Executive Producer
2004
Heartless
Executive Producer
2004
Black Noise
Executive Producer
2004
The Young and the Headless
Teleplay
2004
The Young and the Headless
Executive Producer
2004
Hook's Kingdom
Teleplay
2004
Hook's Kingdom
Executive Producer
2004
The West Side of Midnight
Teleplay
2004
The West Side of Midnight
Executive Producer
2004
Goodbye Kiss
Teleplay
2004
Goodbye Kiss
Executive Producer
2004
Death's Kingdom
Teleplay
2004
Death's Kingdom
Executive Producer
2004
Thy Kingdom Come
Teleplay
2004
Thy Kingdom Come
Executive Producer
2004
+(11 More)
The Secret Window
Source Material
2004
Dreamcatcher
Source Material
2003
Hearts in Atlantis
Source Material
2001
Hearts in Atlantis
Book as Source Material
2001
The Simpsons
(TV Show)
2000-2000
Insane Clown Poppy
of Stephen King
2000
The Green Mile
Source Material (from novel)
1999
The Green Mile
Novel: THE GREEN MILE
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
based on characters from novel
1999
Apt Pupil
from novella
1998
Apt Pupil
Novel
1998
Thinner
Book as Source Material
1996
The Mangler
from short story
1995
Pet Sematary
screenplay
1989
Pet Sematary
Source Material (from novel)
1989
Maximum Overdrive
Director
1986
Maximum Overdrive
from short story
1986
Maximum Overdrive
screenplay
1986
The Shining
Novel as Source Material
1980
Carrie
Source Material
1976
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
Screenplay
Tales From the Darkside: the Movie
From Story
A Return to Salem's Lot
Characters as Source Material
The Lawnmower Man
from short story
Children of the Corn 666
from novella
Needful Things
Book as Source Material
Cujo
Source Material (from novel)
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
from short story
Sometimes They Come Back...For More
from short story
Stand By Me
from novella
Stephen King's Graveyard Shift
from short story
The Dead Zone
Source Material (from novel)
The Shawshank Redemption
from short story
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
from short story
The Running Man
Source Material (from novel)
Stephen King's Children of the Corn
From Story
Firestarter
Source Material (from novel)
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Characters as Source Material
Dolores Claiborne
Source Material (from novel)
Christine
Source Material (from novel)
Children of the Corn: Revelation
from short story
Misery
Source Material (from novel)
The Dark Half
Source Material (from novel)
The Dead Zone
Source Material
Silver Bullet
from novelette
Silver Bullet
screenplay
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
screenplay
Stephen King's Cat's Eye
Screenplay
The Shawshank Redemption
Novel: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Creepshow
screenplay
Creepshow
From Story

milestones

Year
Milestone
1949 
Family deserted by father, Donald King; went out one night for a pack of cigarettes and never returned
1949 
Moved with mother and brother around the country; lived in New York, Illinois; Wisconsin, Indiana and Connecticut
1954 
Wrote first short story at age seven
1958 
Moved to Durham, ME and remained for the rest of his childhood
1959 
Discovered a box of his father's books, fantasy and horror fiction; obtained a typewriter and began writing fantasy fiction
Continued

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