Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s final project, a big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, reunited her with director Steven Spielberg
Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated writer behind Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic ET: The Extra Terrestrial has died in Los Angeles.
The screenwriter, 65, also known for The Black Stallion and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun, died on Wednesday after an illness.