Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

1928-12-16 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 30 Credits

Biography

American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Dick has been hailed as one of the most original and thought-provoking writers of science fiction. He is regarded as one of the most prolific writers of the form during the mid-twentieth century. Since his death, Dick's work has been the subject of numerous critical studies and cinematic adaptations. Critics praise his short stories as innovative and provocative, contending that Dick's fiction cleverly explores scientific, social, and metaphy...

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The Skull

The Skull

2025

Short Story

Writing

The Skulls is a dream come true. But Luke soon comes to realize just how powerful The Skulls organization really is -- and that the truth, like succes...

A Glitch in the Matrix

A Glitch in the Matrix

2021

as self (archive footage)

5.2
Acting

Are we in fact living in a simulation? This is the question postulated, wrestled with, and ultimately argued for through archival footage, compelling ...

Thlípsi

Thlípsi

2018

Thanks

6.7

A man who is paranoid and deluded by his own conspiracies that someone out there is after him must come to terms with the root of his suffering.

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

Characters

7.6

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wh...

The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

2016

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

An immersion into the life and writings of the extraordinary American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-82), whose outstanding work predicte...

The pipers

The pipers

2013

Short Story

Writing
The Crystal Crypt

The Crystal Crypt

2013

Short Story

4.8
Writing

The last refugee plane to leave Mars before an intergalactic war may be hiding earthling terrorists, along with other things much more terrifying and ...

Total Recall

Total Recall

2012

Short Story

6.0
Writing

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure...

The Adjustment Bureau

The Adjustment Bureau

2011

Short Story

6.8
Writing

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under a...

Meddler

Meddler

2011

Short Story

Writing

An adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's Meddler where a government Council illegally makes Time Dips into the future with escalation of adverse consequence...

Radio Free Albemuth

Radio Free Albemuth

2010

Novel

5.4

Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los A...

Screamers: The Hunting

Screamers: The Hunting

2009

Original Story

5.0
Writing

A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction...

The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick

The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick

2007

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

Friends, family and colleagues of Philip K. Dick remember the life and work of the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A summary of the differences and similarities between Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep and Blade Runner.

Next

Next

2007

Novel

6.1

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw...

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

2006

as Self (Archive footage)

8.2
Acting

A unique documentary that interlaces archival interviews with author Philip K. Dick with chats featuring cast and crew. Discussed are the origins of t...

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

2006

Novel

6.8

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Paycheck

Paycheck

2003

Short Story

6.2
Writing

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term m...

Natural City

Natural City

2003

Novel

5.5

Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they h...

Minority Report

Minority Report

2002

Short Story

7.3
Writing

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...

Impostor

Impostor

2001

Short Story

6.1
Writing

A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearl...

Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams

Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams

1999

Short Story

3.0
Writing

In the year 2070, the planet Earth is ruled by a single government entity and a conglomeration of corporations that hold absolute power. The crime rat...

Screamers

Screamers

1995

Short Story

6.2
Writing

SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replic...

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

1994

as Self (archive footage)

5.2
Acting

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of mind-bend...

Barjo

Barjo

1992

Novel

5.0

The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddb...

Total Recall

Total Recall

1990

Short Story

7.3
Writing

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory im...

Morning Patrol

Morning Patrol

1987

Novel

6.8

A deserted city is the setting, where a woman walks alone trying to approach and enter the forbidden zone. Traps and the morning patrol lurk everywher...

Blade Runner

Blade Runner

1982

Novel, Thanks

7.9

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have ...

Second Variety

N/A

Novel