Biography
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. Description abov...
Known For
Complete Filmography

All Summer in a Day
2023
Writer
The sun on Venus comes out once every seven years. Children are waiting for the moment when they can see the sun for the first time consciously. They ...

EPCOT Recentered
2022
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
An experimental film presenting new solutions to the park's paradoxes and the possibilities for using proven principles to optimize its potential to p...

Fahrenheit 451
2018
Novel
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Foc...

How to Live Forever
2011
as Self
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whos...

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010
as Self
A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of ...

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
Thanks
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real ...

Chrysalis
2008
Story
As our world suffers the ravages of humankind, scientists look for ways to sustain life. When one of them falls ill and a chrysalis forms around him, ...

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with t...

C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
2006
as Self
A documentary about the life and faith of C.S. Lewis and his inspiration for the Chronicles of Narnia, only available on the 4-disc extended edition D...

The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blo...

A Sound of Thunder
2005
Author
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Documentary about Hollywood.

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
2003
as Self
With his magazine Hugh Hefner changed the face of publishing, combining titillation with hard-edged reporting and serving up nudity with taste. His sw...

The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451'
2003
as Self
The making of the classic science-fiction film Fahrenheit 451, and includes interviews with cast and crew members, behind-the-scenes photos, and infor...

The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (uncredited)
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in ...
Besuch bei Ray Bradbury
2001
as Self
Documentary about Ray Bradbury

The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
2000
as Self
A documentary on The Fly

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self
Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subje...

Invisible Boy
1999
Author
After the departure of his parents, Charlie gets to a relative who behaves strangely: prepares potions, conjures.

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
as Himself
A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.

Universal Horror
1998
as Self - Interviewee
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
Story, Theatre Play, Teleplay
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same ...

The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997
as Self
As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending sc...
Corwin
1996
as Self
Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy...

A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self
American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

It Came from Outer Space II
1995
Story
Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures...

In Search of Oz
1994
as Self
BBC 2 produced this documentary on the Oz books of L. Frank Baum and the films and fantasies that they inspired, particularly the first book `The Wond...

The Halloween Tree
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

The Halloween Tree
1993
Book, Teleplay
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

The Man in the Air
1993
Book
The eternal tragic conflict of a genius and a tyrant in power. The heroes of the film are the inventor of the aircraft and the Chinese emperor, who or...
Hooray for Horrorwood
1991
as Self
Forrest J. Ackerman styles himself as the number-one fan of science fiction and horror movies, and he has the collection to back it up: more than 350,...

The Stan Freberg Commercials
1990
as Himself
Collection of commercials on VHS tape included with the CD box set, "The Tip of the Freberg." Also includes a video for the single "The Conspiraski T...

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
1989
as Self
S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that...

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
1989
Writer, Executive Producer
S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that...

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Writer
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret th...

Here There Be Tygers
1989
Short Story
Set in the future, a rocket ship from Earth travels to a far universe and touches down on an unknown planet with a mission to exploit its natural reso...
The Thirteenth Apostle
1988
Novel
Soviet Armenian adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles"

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988
as Self - Introduction(uncredited)
S02E12 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988
Writer
S02E12 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.

This Fantastic World 13
1987
Original Story
The consequences of a nuclear war are destruction, hunger. The surviving people have even lost the memory of their former civilization. At the center ...

The Veldt
1987
Novel
Adaptation of three short stories by Ray Bradbury. An atmosphere of hostility forms inside an unnamed city, and the citizens are unsettled by the mate...

Walking on Air
1987
Story
A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pic...
Electronic Granny
1985
Original Story
Agata is badly ill and nobody knows how to cure her. No doctor can help. Friends of Agata learn, that she is ill, because all children have Grannies b...

This Fantastic World 11
1985
Original Story
Air Force Colonel and former astronaut Greg Darwin is visited by his old friend, Johnny. After talking, Greg reveals to Johnny a secret from his past....
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985
as Self
A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.

This Fantastic World 10
1984
Original Story
...People living in the future have comfortable cars, obedient robots, beautiful houses. There are only books missing in these houses. Books are decla...

There Will Come Soft Rains
1984
Original Story
In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the ...

Quest
1984
Story
On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They mus...

This Fantastic World 8
1984
Original Story
Fragments of the stories were dramatized: R. Bradbury “I Sing About the Mechanical Body” (about the work of an electronic grandmother who, having huma...
Savannen
1983
Short Story
A couple have installed a new high tech television system in their children's room and become more and more vary of it.

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Novel, Screenplay
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can...

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
1983
as Himself
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
1982
as Ralph as a Man (voice)
The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-yea...

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
1982
Story
The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-yea...

The Electric Grandmother
1982
Teleplay, Short Story
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined...

All Summer in a Day
1982
Writer
Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of suffe...

Rich and Famous
1981
as Literary Party Guest
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

This Fantastic World 5
1981
Original Story
In this series of the popular television almanac, the works “On Eternal Wanderings and About the Earth” by Ray Bradbury and “The Choice” by Kir Bulych...

The Monarch Butterfly
1980
Author
A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genet...

The Veldt
1979
Writer
The Hadley's new house does everything for them - it cooks, does the housework, reads to them, even comforts them. The playroom brings the Hadley chil...

Infinite Horizons: Space Beyond Apollo
1979
as Himself
For fans of science, both fact and fiction, this special provides a fascinating look into the future of space travel with topics ranging from lunar co...

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
1979
as Self
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Mirrors
1978
Creative Consultant
A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who s...

Marvellous Suit
1973
Novel
About the students of the vocational technical school, who buy one suit together. The film assures us that man himself should be kind and innocent by ...
Night Caller
1973
Writer
One hundred years after the third world war has occurred there are only two groups of people left: The savages whose minds have been destroyed by dama...

A Sound of Thunder
1973
Original Story
Film based on the 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury.

The Screaming Woman
1972
Short Story
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman com...

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1972
Story
Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.
Dandelion Wine
1971
Novel
Short adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine.

Smile
1971
Author
The year 2061... The world after the atomic disaster. People are afraid of civilization, which, in their opinion, will surely lead to an atomic explos...
Science Fiction Is Us
1970
Writer
A comparison of science fiction and real life.

The Picasso Summer
1969
Screenplay, Story
A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

The Illustrated Man
1969
Short Story
A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals...

Melodrama infernal
1969
Story

Fahrenheit 451
1966
Novel
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to...
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1962
Writer, Story
The film focuses on the thoughts inside the head of a man, an astronaut scheduled to go to the Moon. As he ponders the flight, he laments having an “o...

Moby Dick
1956
Screenplay
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a s...

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
Short Story
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

It Came from Outer Space
1953
Story
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam ...
The Halloween Tree
N/A
Novel
Follows Tom and his schoolmates who begin to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. Their friend Pip is abducted b...

The Paradox Man
N/A
Short Story
An adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1984 science-fiction story "The Toynbee Convector," about a reporter sent to interview a 130-year-old man who claims t...