Randall Frakes

Randall Frakes

Randall Frakes is a film and science fiction writer primarily known for his work with long-time friends, Bill Wisher, and James Cameron on "The Terminator" and "".

While Frakes was in the U.S. Army, he was stationed in Europe, where he edited the newspaper for the 16th Signal Battalion. While editor, he won a "Stars and Stripes" award for investigative journalism.

After the Army, he earned a degree in Film Writing and Production from Columbia College, while also writing for "Analog", "Fantastic", and "Fantasy & Science Fiction".

His first film work was as a special effects cameraman for Roger Corman, and a number of unproduced screenplays, before his collaborations with Wisher and Cameron, kicked of his professional film-writing career.

Body of Work

* "Xenogenesis" (1978 short), writer, director, and producer (with James Cameron)
* "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980), additional photographer
* "Escape from New York" (1981), photographic effects
* "Galaxy of Terror" (1981), photographic effects
* "Last Thirty Days of Liberty", unproduced screenplay
* "Deathlok", unproduced screenplay
* "The Terminator" (1984, ISBN 0-553-25317-4), novelization
* "Roller Blade" (1986), screenplay
* "Aliens" (1986), synthesizer effects
* "Hell Comes to Frogtown" (1987), story, screenplay, and producer
* "" (1989), screenplay (as Lloyd Strathern) and lyrics
* "Diplomatic Immunity" (1991), screenplay
* "" (1991, ISBN 0-553-29169-6), novelization
* "The Divine Enforcer" (1992), ghostwriter
* "Twisted Fate" (1993/II), writer and producer
* "The Force" (1994), writer
* "" (1999, ISBN 0-0609-5307-1) author
* "Blowback" (2000), screenplay
* "Sacrifice" (2000), written by
* "Devil's Prey" (2001), writer
* "Instinct to Kill" (2001), writer
* "Stealing Candy" (2002), screenplay
* "Bad Karma" (2002), writer

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External links

* (early work)
* (later work)


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