Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

1920-08-22 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. 83 Credits

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...

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All Summer in a Day

All Summer in a Day

2023

Writer

Writing

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

EPCOT Recentered

2022

as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Acting

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

Fahrenheit 451

2018

Novel

5.4

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

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

as Self

7.4
Acting

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

How to Live Forever

2011

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

2010

as Self

2.0
Acting

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

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

2010

Thanks

6.7

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

Chrysalis

2008

Story

3.2
Writing

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

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self

9.0
Acting

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

C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

2006

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

A Sound of Thunder

2005

Author

4.9

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

2.0
Acting

Documentary about Hollywood.

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

2003

as Self

9.0
Acting

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'

The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451'

2003

as Self

3.5
Acting

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

The Tramp and the Dictator

2002

as Self (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

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

Acting

Documentary about Ray Bradbury

The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect

The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect

2000

as Self

Acting

A documentary on The Fly

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

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

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

1998

as Himself

Acting

A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.

Universal Horror

Universal Horror

1998

as Self - Interviewee

7.1
Acting

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

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998

Story, Theatre Play, Teleplay

6.7
Writing

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

The Harryhausen Chronicles

1997

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Acting

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

A Century of Science Fiction

1996

as Self

6.9
Acting

American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

It Came from Outer Space II

It Came from Outer Space II

1995

Story

3.1
Writing

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

In Search of Oz

1994

as Self

Acting

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

The Halloween Tree

1993

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

The Halloween Tree

The Halloween Tree

1993

Book, Teleplay

6.6

Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

The Man in the Air

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

8.0
Acting

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

The Stan Freberg Commercials

1990

as Himself

Acting

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

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

1989

as Self

Acting

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

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

1989

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

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

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

1989

Writer

6.9
Writing

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

Here There Be Tygers

1989

Short Story

5.9
Writing

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

5.0

Soviet Armenian adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles"

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

1988

as Self - Introduction(uncredited)

Acting

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

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

1988

Writer

Writing

S02E12 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.

This Fantastic World 13

This Fantastic World 13

1987

Original Story

9.5
Writing

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

The Veldt

1987

Novel

5.1

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

Walking on Air

1987

Story

Writing

A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

1986

as Self

7.5
Acting

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

Writing

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

This Fantastic World 11

1985

Original Story

10.0
Writing

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

Acting

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

This Fantastic World 10

1984

Original Story

10.0
Writing

...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

There Will Come Soft Rains

1984

Original Story

6.7
Writing

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

Quest

1984

Story

6.6
Writing

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

This Fantastic World 8

1984

Original Story

9.5
Writing

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

Writing

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

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

Novel, Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

1983

as Himself

8.0
Acting

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

1982

as Ralph as a Man (voice)

Acting

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

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

1982

Story

Writing

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

The Electric Grandmother

1982

Teleplay, Short Story

6.8
Writing

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

All Summer in a Day

1982

Writer

6.8
Writing

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

Rich and Famous

1981

as Literary Party Guest

5.4
Acting

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

This Fantastic World 5

This Fantastic World 5

1981

Original Story

10.0
Writing

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

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

The Veldt

1979

Writer

Writing

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

Infinite Horizons: Space Beyond Apollo

1979

as Himself

Acting

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

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

1979

as Self

1.0
Acting

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

Mirrors

1978

Creative Consultant

5.6

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

Marvellous Suit

1973

Novel

5.0

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

Writing

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

A Sound of Thunder

1973

Original Story

Writing

Film based on the 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury.

The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman

1972

Short Story

6.7
Writing

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

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1972

Story

4.5
Writing

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

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

Writing

A comparison of science fiction and real life.

The Picasso Summer

The Picasso Summer

1969

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man

1969

Short Story

5.5
Writing

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

Melodrama infernal

1969

Story

Writing
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

1966

Novel

7.1

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

5.7
Writing

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

Moby Dick

1956

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953

Short Story

6.5
Writing

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

It Came from Outer Space

1953

Story

6.3
Writing

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

The Paradox Man

N/A

Short Story

Writing

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...