George Clayton Johnson

George Clayton Johnson

Birth Date

7/10/1929 (Age 86)

Birth Place

Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

Death Date

12/25/2015

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George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the 1976 MGM film. He also wrote television scripts for The Twilight Zone (including "Nothing in the Dark", "Kick the Can", "A Game of Pool", and "A Penny for Your Thoughts"), and the first telecast episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Man Trap". He also wrote the story and screenplay on which the 1960 film Ocean's 11 and its 2001 remake were based. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clayton Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Writing

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Male

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9

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John Landis

John Landis

2 films together

George Miller

George Miller

1 film together

Joe Dante

Joe Dante

1 film together

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

1 film together

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

1 film together

Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson

1 film together

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