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==Screenwriting filmography==
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! Genre
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|1979 || ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'' || [[Family film|Family]]-[[adventure film|adventure]] ||
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|rowspan=2|1982 || ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' || [[Fantasy film|Fantasy]]-[[adventure film|adventure]]-[[science fiction]] || [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]]<br>Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], ([[55th Academy Awards|1983]])<br>The line "E.T. phone home." is ranked 15th among the top 100 quotations of U.S. cinema by the American Film Institute.
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|''[[The Escape Artist (film)|The Escape Artist]]'' || [[Drama film|Drama]] ||
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|1983 || ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' || [[Science fiction]]-[[thriller film|thriller]] || Segment 2, "Kick the Can"; credited as "Josh Rogan"
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|1991 || ''[[Son of the Morning Star (film)|Son of the Morning Star]]'' ||[[Western film|Western]] || [[Television movie|Television film]]
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|1995 || ''[[The Indian in the Cupboard (film)|The Indian in the Cupboard]]'' || [[Family film|Family]]-[[adventure film|adventure]] ||
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|1997 || ''[[Kundun]]'' || [[Biographical film|Biographical]]-[[drama film|drama]] ||
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|1998 || ''The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale'' || [[Animation|Animated]], [[Family film|Family]] ||
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|2008 || ''[[Ponyo]]'' || [[Animation|Animated]], [[family film|family]]-[[adventure film|adventure]] || Storyline consultant, [[English language|English-language]] translation
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|2016 || ''[[The BFG (2016 film)|The BFG]]'' || [[Family film|Family]]-[[fantasy film|fantasy]]-[[adventure film|adventure]] || Posthumous release<br> Nominated—[[Saturn Award for Best Writing]]
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<!--has also written text for an autobiographical photo book, ''Lennox'' (ISBN 978-0-316-85786-4) about [[Lester Lennox]]--at January 2010, it needs further research before adding -->