List of adaptations of works by Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick was an American author known for his science fiction works, often with dystopian and drug related themes. Some of his works have gone on to be adapted to films and series garnering much acclaim, such as the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner, which was an adaptation of Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, released three months posthumously to Dick's passing. The only adaptation released in his lifetime was a 1962 episode of the UK TV series Out of This World, based on Dick's 1953 short story "Impostor". Other works such as the films Total Recall, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly have also gone on to critical or commercial success, while television adaptations such as The Man in the High Castle has gone on to long-form television adaptation successfully. In 2017, following the success of Netflix's science fiction short story series Black Mirror, and its own success with The Man in the High Castle, streaming service Amazon Prime Video paired up with Channel 4 to produce a series of short stories originally released between 1953 and 1955 under the series title Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, the only adaptation bearing the author's own name. The following is a list of film and television adaptations of his writings.[1]
Source work | Film Adaptation | TV Adaptation | |||||
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Title | Published | Type | Title | Released | Director | Series or Episode Title | Aired |
The Hood Maker | 1953 | Short story | Julian Jarrold | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017 | ||
The Commuter | 1953 | Short story | Tom Harper | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017 | ||
The Hanging Stranger | 1953 | Short story | Dee Rees | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' "Kill All Others" episode | 2017 | ||
Second Variety | 1953 | Short story | Screamers
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1995
2009 |
Christian Duguay
Sheldon Wilson |
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Paycheck | 1953 | Short story | Paycheck | 2003 | John Woo | ||
Impostor | 1953 | Short story | Impostor | 2002 | Gary Fleder | Out of This World episode, adapted by Terry Nation | 1962 |
Sales Pitch | 1954 | Short story | Marc Munden | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' "Crazy Diamond" episode | 2017 | ||
Exhibit Piece | 1954 | Short story | Jeffrey Reiner | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' "Real Life" episode | 2017 | ||
The Father Thing | 1954 | Short story | Michael Dinner | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode | 2017 | ||
Adjustment Team | 1954 | Short story | The Adjustment Bureau | 2011 | George Nolfi | ||
The Golden Man | 1954 | Short story | Next | 2007 | Lee Tamahori | ||
The Crystal Crypt | 1954 | Short story | The Crystal Crypt | 2013 | Shahab Zargari | ||
The Impossible Planet | 1955 | Short story | David Farr | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017 | ||
Human Is | 1955 | Short story | Francesca Gregorini | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode | 2017 | ||
Autofac | 1955 | Short story | Peter Horton | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode | 2017 | ||
Foster, You're Dead! | 1955 | Short story | Alan Taylor | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' "Safe and Sound" episode | 2017 | ||
The Minority Report | 1956 | Short story | Minority Report | 2002 | Steven Spielberg | Minority Report | 2015 |
The Man in the High Castle | 1962 | Novel | David Semel | The Man in the High Castle | 2015[2][3] | ||
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale | 1966 | Short story | Total Recall
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1990
2012 |
Paul Verhoeven
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Total Recall 2070 | 1999 |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | 1968 | Novel | Blade Runner
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1982
2017 |
Ridley Scott
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Confessions of a Crap Artist | 1975 | Novel | Confessions d'un Barjo | 1992 | Jérôme Boivin | ||
Radio Free Albemuth | 1976 | Novel | Radio Free Albemuth | 2008 | John Alan Simon | ||
A Scanner Darkly | 1977 | Novel | A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | Richard Linklater | ||
Supporting references and sources
- Graeme McMillan - The Many and Troublesome Adaptations of Philip K. Dick (hollywoodreporter.com), June 6, 2015
- Adi Robertson, 2015, "Amazon green-lights The Man in the High Castle TV series," THE VERGE (online), February 18, 2015, see , accessed 27 February 2015.
- Hilary Lewis, 2015, "Amazon Orders 5 New Series Including 'Man in the High Castle'," The Hollywood Reporter (online), February 18, 2015, see , accessed 27 February 2015.