Randall Frakes
Randall Frakes was a film and science fiction writer primarily known for his novelization work with long-time friends Bill Wisher and James Cameron on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. 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.
Randall Frakes
- Name
- Randall Frakes
- Born
- 27 April 1947
- Birthplace
- United States
- Died
- 25 June 2023
- Occupation
- Writer, author, screenwriter, photographer, producer
- Languages
- English
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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, initiated his film-writing career. Frakes died on 25 June 2023.
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Key facts
• Name — Randall Frakes • Born — 27 April 1947 • Birthplace — United States • Died — 25 June 2023 • Occupation — Writer, author, screenwriter, photographer, producer • Notable Works — The Terminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day Titanic
Filmography
Filmography
• 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 • Roller Blade (1986), screenplay • Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987), story, screenplay and producer • Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989), screenplay (as Lloyd Strathern) and lyrics • Diplomatic Immunity (1991), screenplay • The Divine Enforcer (1992), ghostwriter • Twisted Fate (1993/II), writer and producer • The Force (1994), writer • Blowback (2000), screenplay • Sacrifice (2000), written by • Devil's Prey (2001), writer • Instinct to Kill (2001), writer • Stealing Candy (2002), screenplay • Bad Karma (2001), writer • Empires of the Deep (unreleased), screenplay
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- 1.isfdb.org. Summary Bibliography: Randall Frakes. Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
- 2.Frakes, Randall. Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Bantam Books. July 1991. 0-553-29169-6.
- 3.Cameron, James. Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay. HarperCollins. 1998.
- 4.Frakes, Randall. #Obsession: Freeing Yourself from Social Media Disorder. Dorrance Publishing. 22 April 2016. 978-1-4809-6674-1.
- 5.Frakes, Randall. #Obsession: Freeing Yourself from Social Media Disorder. Rosedog Books. April 2016. 978-1-4809-6674-1.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- The Terminator (1984, ), novelization
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, ), novelization
- Cameron, James. Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay. HarperCollins. 1998.
- Frakes, Randall. #Obsession: Freeing Yourself from Social Media Disorder. Rosedog Books. April 2016. 978-1-4809-6674-1.
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