Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (77)
The Monkey
The Long Walk
The Life of Chuck
The Running Man
Salem's Lot
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
The Boogeyman
Firestarter
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Children of the Corn
It Chapter Two
Doctor Sleep
Pet Sematary
In the Tall Grass
Children of the Corn: Runaway
It
The Dark Tower
Gerald's Game
1922
Cell
Stuck in Love
Carrie
Children of the Corn: Genesis
Children of the Corn
Dolan's Cadillac
Diary of the Dead
The Mist
1408
Desperation
Fever Pitch
Secret Window
Riding the Bullet
Dreamcatcher
Carrie
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Hearts in Atlantis
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Green Mile
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Apt Pupil
Sometimes They Come Back... for More
The Night Flier
Thinner
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
The Mangler
Dolores Claiborne
The Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Half
Needful Things
Sleepwalkers
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
Pet Sematary II
The Lawnmower Man
Sometimes They Come Back
Misery
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Graveyard Shift
Pet Sematary
Creepshow 2
A Return to Salem's Lot
The Running Man
Maximum Overdrive
Stand by Me
Cat's Eye
Silver Bullet
Children of the Corn
Firestarter
Christine
The Dead Zone
Cujo
Creepshow
Knightriders
The Shining
