Awards & Winners

Ray Russell

Date of Birth 04-September-1924
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Raymond Robert Russell, Rex Fabian
Profession Writer, Screenwriter
Ray Russell was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. In 1991 he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. His most famous short fiction is "Sardonicus", which appeared in the January 1961 issue of Playboy magazine, and was subsequently adapted by Russell into a screenplay for William Castle's film version, titled Mr. Sardonicus. American writer Stephen King called "Sardonicus" "perhaps the finest example of the modern gothic ever written". "Sardonicus" was part of a trio of stories with "Sanguinarius" and "Sagittarius". Russell was also one of the screenwriters for Roger Corman's X and The Premature Burial.

Awards by Ray Russell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ray Russell.