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Randall Frakes was a film and science fiction writer primarily known for his work with long-time friends Bill Wisher and James Cameron on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He died June 25, 2023.
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 off his film-writing career.
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
- The Terminator (1984, ISBN 0-553-25317-4), novelization
- 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
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, ISBN 0-553-29169-6), novelization
- The Divine Enforcer (1992), ghostwriter
- Twisted Fate (1993/II), writer and producer
- The Force (1994), writer
- Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay (1999, ISBN 0-06-095307-1) 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
- Empires of the Deep (unreleased), screenplay
Books
- #obsession Book by Randall Frakes and Seyedeh Tina Sadri
References
- L.M.F.T, Seyedeh Tina Sadri, M. A.; Frakes, Randall (22 April 2016). #Obsession: freeing yourself from social media disorder. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4809-6674-1.
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- Frakes, Randall and Seyedeh tina sadri (April 2016). "About the Author". #Obsession. Rosedog Books; Annotated edition. ISBN 978-1480966741.
- Frakes, Randall (July 1991). "About the Author". Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-29169-6.