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Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)

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Philip Kindred Dick was born in Chicago in December 1928, along with a twin sister, Jane. Jane died less than eight weeks later, allegedly from an allergy to mother's milk. Dick's parents split up during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Berkeley, California, where he lived for most of the rest of his life... See full bio »

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Philip Kindred Dick
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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(age 53) in Santa Ana, California, USA
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???? Untitled Blade Runner Project (based on the novel by) (announced)
 
2015 Nebulus (short story "Shell Game") (pre-production)
 
2012 Blade Runner 60: Director's Cut (short) (story)
 
2011 The Adjustment Bureau (short story "Adjustment Team")
 
2011 Beyond the Door (short) (short story)
 
2010 Radio Free Albemuth (novel "Radio Free Albemuth")
 
2009 Screamers: The Hunting (video) (inspired by the short story "Second Variety" by)
 
2007 Next (novel story "The Golden Man" / as Phillip K. Dick)
 
2006 A Scanner Darkly (novel "A Scanner Darkly")
 
2003 Paycheck (short story)
 
2002 Minority Report (short story)
 
2001 Impostor (short story "The Impostor")
 
1997 Blade Runner (Video Game) (novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
 
1995 Screamers (short story "Second Variety")
 
1994 Drug-Taking and the Arts (documentary) (novel "A Scanner Darkly")
 
1992 Barjo (novel)
 
1990 Total Recall (short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" / inspiration / as Phillip K. Dick)
 
1987 Morning Patrol (excerpt)
 
1982 Blade Runner (novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
 
1962 Out of This World (TV series)
– Imposter (1962) (short story)
 
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2013 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Desafío Total (2013) (in memory of)
 
2010 15 Till Midnight (acknowledgment to the works of)
 
2007 The Adjoining Room (short) (thanks)
 
2006 The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
1982 Blade Runner (dedicated to the memory of)
 
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2007 The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (video documentary short)
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2007 Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (video documentary short)
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2007 The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick (video documentary)
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2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (video documentary short)
Himself - Author
 
2000 On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (TV documentary)
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1994 Arena (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Martian Time-Slip" See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 19 Articles  | See more »

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Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Phillip K. Dick | Jack Dowland | Richard Phillips

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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[September 25, 1980, from a conversation with Paul M. Sammon (Paul Sammon)]: You would have to kill me and prop me up in the seat of my car with a smile painted on my face to get me to go near Hollywood. See more »

Trivia:

The story "Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick was originally adapted as a sequel to Total Recall by writers Ronald Shusett and Gary Goldman, later joined by Robert Goethals. The setting was changed to Mars with the Precogs being people mutated by the Martian atmosphere, as established in the first film... See more »

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