Melissa Mathison
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Mathison later wrote ''The Indian in the Cupboard'' (1995), based on Lynne Reid Banks's 1980 children's novel of the same name, and ''Kundun'' (1997), a biographical-drama film about the Dalai Lama. Her final film credit was ''The BFG'' (2016), which marked her third collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg. Provided by Wikipedia